'Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney

[Asr]

^ Way too old-looking for Jasmine.

Oded Fehr for Jafar though, and maybe Gal Gadot for Jasmine?

 

[sueb1863]

Oded Fehr would be an awesome Jafar!

However unless they do a live-action Aladdin remake we won't be seeing any of those characters. If this deals with the Genie it'll all take place way before any of them were born. Didn't the Genie say he was in the lamp for 10,000 years? When is Aladdin set? I imagine that would put the story way back to the early days of human civilization...

 

[darthcoolness3]

pretty interesting movie choice. This year, we got live-action Cinderella and live action Pinocchio aka Avengers: Age of Ultron

 

[Dark Raven]

Gal Gadot for Jasmine!

 

[terry78]

Why not just remake Aladdin as they were gonna?

 

[Fallen Angel]

Oded Fehr would be an awesome Jafar!

However unless they do a live-action Aladdin remake we won't be seeing any of those characters. If this deals with the Genie it'll all take place way before any of them were born. Didn't the Genie say he was in the lamp for 10,000 years? When is Aladdin set? I imagine that would put the story way back to the early days of human civilization...

The article states this prequel is the first step to Disney making a live action Aladdin.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Gal Gadot for Jasmine!

I like the sound of that. It can potentially be a blockbuster and lets her be recognised as something other than Wonder Woman.

 

[Silvermoth]

They would have to get omid djalili to play the sultan but to be honest it doesn't sound like they're going in that direction. They seem to want to focus on genie.

Actually omid as the genie would be pretty amazing

 

[sueb1863]

Still not sure how they're going to manage the Genie without RW, unless it's a completely different take on the character.

 

[dark_b]

it would be great if they made a movie about scary jinn's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn

 

[darthcoolness3]

Still not sure how they're going to manage the Genie without RW, unless it's a completely different take on the character.

The guy, who played the Genie on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland did a good job

 

[Lencho01]

Why would anyone want Gadot as Jasmine?

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Why would anyone want Gadot as Jasmine?

Why not?

 

[Immortalfire]

Why would Jasmine be in a movie about the Genie?

 

[Black Narcissus]

Gal Gadot for Jasmine!

I think this would still be consider white washing.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Why would Jasmine be in a movie about the Genie?

I think they're thinking about the follow up. As that's what Disney are planning to do. A prequel that leads into a live action Aladdin.

 

[Black Narcissus]

This is Jasmine:

Spoiler

or

Her

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[Asharad]

I think this would still be consider white washing.

Definitely. Let's not have a Jewish model in the role of a Muslim princess.

 

[Lencho01]

Why not?

She's too old and she definitely doesn't look like the same type of person Jasmine most likely would be.

 

[Black Narcissus]

How old is she suppose to be?

 

[Lencho01]

How old is she suppose to be?

According to that pic, she was supposed to be 15. Given historical context of the original stories and how Disney has dealt with them in their animated films, I doubt we will be seeing someone in their 30s (or someone who looks like they're in their 30s) play Jasmine if they ever get around to making the Aladdin film. Unless that is what they'll be going for.

 

[Marvolo]

Definitely. Let's not have a Jewish model in the role of a Muslim princess.

Jasmine isn't Muslim or any religion for that matter. The religion of agrabah in Disney's version isn't Muslim or any specific religion and since Agrabah isn't real any actor of middle eastern decent whether they be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or even Buddhist or Hindu will be perfectly fine and acceptable. The religion of an actor is none of my business nor yours nor Disney's and barring Jews from roles in the film is as racist as barring Muslims or any other actors of any cultural background from the film.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Jasmine isn't Muslim or any religion for that matter. The religion of agrabah in Disney's version isn't Muslim or any specific religion and since Agrabah isn't real any actor of middle eastern decent whether they be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or even Buddhist or Hindu will be perfectly fine and acceptable. The religion of an actor is none of my business nor yours nor Disney's and barring Jews from roles in the film is as racist as barring Muslims or any other actors of any cultural background from the film.

I agree with this, just don't cast anyone who looks like Emma Stone as the lead.

 

[sueb1863]

Didn't the Sultan exclaim "Praise Allah!" at one point? That seems to indicate a Muslim faith...

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Some intriguing possibilities with this one.

My thoughts exactly.