“Aladdin” is expected to hit theaters in spring 2019.
There are still months to go before Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin comes to the big screen, but the film studio is at least giving fans their first look at the cast now. The likes of Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott—who star as Genie, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, respectively—appear in character on the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s latest issue. The full cover story released online on Wednesday.
The updated film, directed by Guy Ritchie, follows the same majestic storyline as the original—the tale of a young, impoverished “street rat” who befriends a genie and uses his wishes to woo the girl of his dreams, the princess of the fictional city Agrabah, by becoming a prince. Aladdin is set to hit theaters on May 24,2019.
Check out a few photos of the new movie and read on for more about the cast below.
Genie
Standing up to the late Robin Williams’ incredibly funny personification of Aladdin’s notoriously blue and friendly Genie seems nearly impossible, but Will Smith, who will appear as the blue CGI and human-version of Genie, was up for the challenge. “I started to feel confident that I could deliver something that was an homage to Robin Williams but was musically different,” he told EW .
