Live action Aladdin prequel coming

[Raph's Girl]

....What on earth?! They're making an Aladdin prequel about Genie?! And they hope to make a whole franchise about Genies?! :o

film will explore the “realm of the Genies” and explain how one became trapped inside the iconic lamp. The long term hope, then, is for Genie to develop as a franchise and pave the way for a live action retelling of Aladdin itself.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/462369-aladdin-prequel-genie-in-development-at-disney

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

....What on earth?! They're making an Aladdin prequel about Genie?! And they hope to make a whole franchise about Genies?! :o



http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/462369-aladdin-prequel-genie-in-development-at-disney

I'm beginining to dread your posts... because you're always the one to break the news like this. :tlol:

We live in an age characterized by an astonishing LACK of creativity. :trolleye:

[Autbot_Benz]

Dammit leave Aladdin Alone that is my all time favorite Disney Movie. You can't do a prequel about Genie now that Robin Williams is dead. Williams was and always be the genie F off Disney :x Kind of disrespectful to Robin Williams since he died this year.

[ProactiveMan]

I suppose they can write pretty-much any story they want in that case, as long as it ends with the Genie going back into the lamp.

This kind of thing is why there won't be a Tron 3 BTW.

[DarkLightDragon]

>Making a prequel to Aladdin featuring the Genie

>Soon after Robin William's death

Okay, ignoring that this is yet another example of Disney milking their live-action fairy-tale remake trend lately, this seems kinda poorly-timed.

[Storm Eagle]

I'm beginining to dread your posts... because you're always the one to break the news like this. :tlol:


Don't shoot the messenger. :)

[THGhost]

Disney will not stop until they remake all of their movies. I'm looking forward to their remake of Song of the South. :P

>Making a prequel to Aladdin featuring the Genie

>Soon after Robin William's death

Okay, ignoring that this is yet another example of Disney milking their live-action fairy-tale remake trend lately, this seems kinda poorly-timed.

Damn right it is.

[pennydreadful]

>Making a prequel to Aladdin featuring the Genie

>Soon after Robin William's death

Okay, ignoring that this is yet another example of Disney milking their live-action fairy-tale remake trend lately, this seems kinda poorly-timed.

Yeah, that feels kinda... off, IMO. Leave Robin William's legacy of beloved roles alone; I mean, this is geared at Aladdin fans and everybody's going to be comparing it to RW's performance. This falls under the "bad ideas in general" category.

I don't know what the hell is going on with Disney lately but god I wish they'd get it together. There are a million fictional stories and legends, folk tales, etc. that they could pick from and adapt - why do they need to keep re-treading old ground? How hard is it to come up with something original that hasn't already been done? Good grief.

[GoldMutant]

(Insert facepalm here)

No, just no, not after the last one. I got nothing against Dan on the television show so they could use him again even if he doesn't live up to the magic of the original film. After Robin died last year and the last of his films finally released, leave any roles behind. The man was one of the key defining actors of any childhood, no point in needing to bring those characters back.

It's a film not needed in my eyes.