Aladdin
Disney’sCinemaConpresentation include updates and teasers for many coming film - include a five - minute clip fromAladdinin which our hoagy enters the Cave of Wonders and meets Will Smith ’s Genie . train by Guy Ritchie and starring Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott as unseasoned lovebirds Aladdin and Princess Jasmine , Aladdinis the latest live - action remake of Disney ’s vivify classics , withThe Lion Kingalso still to fare this year .
The marketing for Aladdin has so far been troubled by tilt and scepticism , and perhaps no expression of it has attracted more skepticism than the Genie . Smith has the awkward task of stepping into the curly - toed shoe of the characteroriginally voiced by the later Robin Williams- a role that includes recreating Greco-Roman songs like the Genie ’s introductory number , " Friend Like Me . " We ensure a coup d’oeil of this song inthe full - duration trailerforAladdin , but CinemaCon audiences got to see exactly how it has been updated for the 2019 version of the pic .
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The CinemaCon footage open up with a shortened version of Aladdin ’s introduction to , and exploration of , the Cave of Wonders . Jafar ( played by Marwan Kenzari)promises to make Aladdin " affluent beyond [ his ] furious mental imagery " once he retrieves the lamp , but warns him not to tint any of the other treasure . As in the original movie , Aladdin ’s pet rapscallion Abu does n’t mind this morning , and land them both in bother . That ’s when Aladdin rubs the magic lamp and the Genie burst forth - at first putting on a rich and shivery vocalism and addressing Aladdin as " great one who mobilize me , " before assuring Aladdin that he ’s just kid and launching into " Friend Like Me . "
Though not everyone who was in attending was won over by the footage ( one critic describe it onTwitteras " pure incubus fuel " ) others praised it for its ocular panache and creativity . " booster Like Me " is more or less the same as in the original , except with a few excess lyrics , rap moment ( the Genie even boasts about his knock skills in the song ) , and a bit of Smith beatboxing . Like a peck ofDisney ’s " unrecorded - action " remakes , this was a very CGI - laborious episode , but it may be lively enough to win the skeptics over .
Most of Disney ’s live - action remake have so far leaven to be major hits , but this past times weekendDumboproved that a motion picture can not thrive on nostalgia alone . The Tim Burton - orchestrate update of Disney ’s 1941 classic scored a relatively meagre $ 45 million box office in its opening weekend ( for comparison ’s saki , Beauty and the Beast ’s hatchway weekend was $ 174 million ) . So , while all - out flops from Disney are rare these day , Aladdinis nevertheless one of thestudio ’s biggest box seat office risksof the year .
In addition to this clip fromAladdin , Disney ’s CinemaCon display also include a blade new clip from the hotly - anticipate sequelAvengers : Endgame , and confirmation ofthe studio ’s entire 2019 movie slate . This now include Fox title likeDark PhoenixandNew Mutants . There are four live - natural action remakes in total releasing this yr -Dumbo , Aladdin , The Lion King , andMaleficent : Mistress of Evil- and many more still on the room .
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