{"id":80154,"date":"2017-07-15T15:22:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/07\/15\/d23-expo-2017-disneys-live-action-aladdin-cast-announced-will-smith-play-genie\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:25:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:25:02","slug":"d23-expo-2017-disneys-live-action-aladdin-cast-announced-will-smith-play-genie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/d23-expo-2017-disneys-live-action-aladdin-cast-announced-will-smith-play-genie\/","title":{"rendered":"D23 Expo 2017: Disney\u2019s Live-Action Aladdin Cast Announced, Will Smith To Play The Genie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>D23 Expo 2017: Disney\u2019s Live-Action Aladdin Cast Announced, Will Smith To Play The Genie<\/strong>Posted by Valerie Complex<\/p>\n<p>July 15, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Will-Smith-Naomi-Scott-and-Mena-Massoud.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-100532\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Will-Smith-Naomi-Scott-and-Mena-Massoud-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At D23 Expo this weekend in Anaheim, the Walt Disney Studios announcement of the two leads for their live-action <strong>Aladdin<\/strong> movie. <strong>Naomi Scott<\/strong> has officially been cast as Princess Jasmine, while\u00a0newcomer <strong>Mena Massoud<\/strong> has also joined the cast as Aladdin.\u00a0<strong>Will Smith<\/strong> was confirmed as the Genie.\u00a0newcomer. The film will not only borrow plot elements from the original animated movie but also its basis, 1,001 Arabian Nights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Ritchie<\/strong> will direct the film from a script written by <strong>John August<\/strong>,\u00a0whose credits include \u201cBig Fish.\u201d <strong>Dan Lin<\/strong>, who produced Ritchie\u2019s\u00a0two \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d movies for Warner Bros., is\u00a0also\u00a0producing\u00a0\u201cAladdin\u201d through his Lin Pictures company. <strong>Jonathan Eirich<\/strong> is exec producing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Aladdin.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-100533\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 184 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Aladdin-184x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aladdin was nominated for five Academy Awards and won two, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song for \u201cA Whole New World.\u201d Based on the Middle-Eastern folktale Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, the 1992 animated film was co-directed by <strong>Ron Clements and John Musker<\/strong>, who had previously-directed The Little Mermaid and would go on to make other Disney classics, including Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana.<\/p>\n<p>It famously featured <strong>Robin Williams<\/strong> as the film\u2019s genie, along with <strong>Scott Weinger<\/strong> as Aladdin, <strong>Jonathan Freeman<\/strong> as Jafar, <strong>Linda Larkin<\/strong> as Princess Jasmine, <strong>Frank Welker<\/strong> as Aladdin\u2019s monkey pal Abu, plus <strong>Douglas Seale<\/strong> as The Sultan, and <strong>Gilbert Gottfried<\/strong> as Iago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D23 Expo 2017: Disney\u2019s Live-Action Aladdin Cast Announced, Will Smith To Play The GeniePosted by Valerie Complex July 15, 2017 At D23 Expo this weekend in Anaheim, the Walt Disney Studios announcement of the two leads for their live-action Aladdin movie. 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