Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic palace, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie. As Aladdin and the genie start to become friends, they must soon embark on a dangerous mission to stop the evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowing young Jasmine's kingdom.Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasyfilm directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote the screenplay with John August. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures,
It is a live actionadaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name, which is based on the eponymous Middle Eastern folktale from One Thousand and One Nights.[1][a] The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad and Billy Magnussen, as well as the voice talents of Alan Tudyk and Frank Welker. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting Genie, and battles the wicked Jafar.In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin remake. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal
photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January
Aladdin was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019, and has grossed $607 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2019. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott, costumes and the musical numbers, but criticized Ritchie's direction and the CGI effects
On October 10, 2016, it was announced that Guy Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdinfilm with John August penning the screenplay for Walt Disney Pictures and Dan Lin attached as producer. The studio said that the film would be "an ambitious and nontraditional" take on the tale of Aladdin that would keep much of the musical elements of the original film. On the non-traditional aspect, the studio planned for the film to be told in a nonlinearformat.[18][19]
In February 2017, Lin said that they were looking for a diverse cast and that they would not try "to make Prince of Persia".[20] A worldwide casting call for the lead roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine commenced in March 2017, with principal production set to begin in the UK in July 2017 until January 2018.[21] On April 19, 2017, it was reported that either Gabriel Iglesiasl
[22] or Will Smithwas in talks for the role of Genie, for which the latter was confirmed in July.[23][24][25] In May 2017, Jade Thirlwall was in talks for the part of Princess Jasmine.[26]
On July 11, 2017, it was announced that principal production on Aladdin had been pushed back by a month, to August 2017, due to struggles in finding the right actor to portray the titular role. Over 2,000 actors and actresses had auditioned for the roles of Aladdin and Jasmine but that finding a male lead of Middle-Eastern or Indian descent in his 20s who could act and sing had proven difficult. Naomi Scott and Tara Sutaria were the final two actresses in the running for the role of Jasmine, but neither could be cast until a chemistry test was done with whomever was cast as Aladdin.
Release date: 24 May 2019 (India)
Director: Guy Ritchie
Budget: 18.3 crores USD
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