ALADDIN: Mena Massoud & Naomi Scott Will Play The Lead Roles, Will Smith Confirmed As Genie

ALADDIN: Mena Massoud & Naomi Scott Will Play The Lead Roles, Will Smith Confirmed As Genie

Days after casting troubles were reported, Disney has announced the principal cast of their upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin, which will star Jack Ryan's Mena Massoud and Power Rangers' Naomi Scott!

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By RohanPatel - Jul 15, 2017 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Disney
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Just moments ago, at their D23 Live-Action Films presentation, Disney officially announced the cast of Guy Ritchie's Aladdin. Mena Massoud will play the highly-coveted title role while Naomi Scott will portray his lady love Jasmine. 2x Academy Award-nominee Will Smith has also been confirmed as the Genie, taking over the role from the late Robin Williams, who voiced the character in the original 1992 classic.

Massoud is set to star alongside John Krasinski in Amazon's upcoming Jack Ryan series while Naomi Scott is coming in hot after starring as Kimberly Hart, the Pink Ranger, in Lionsgate's recent Power Rangers reboot.

Production is expected to begin soon with Ritchie in the director's chair with a script from John August (Big Fish).

So, what do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts below!

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McGee
McGee - 7/15/2017, 11:57 AM
Dev Patel is crying somewhere.
McGee
McGee - 7/15/2017, 11:59 AM
When he hears who is playing the Genie, he'll wipe his tears and be like "Oh, okay. It's not gonna be good."
LlamaLord
LlamaLord - 7/15/2017, 12:24 PM
@McGee - He deserves nothing.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 7/15/2017, 3:46 PM
@McGee - Genie is going to teach Aladdin about getting jiggy with it.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 7/15/2017, 12:00 PM
KWilly
KWilly - 7/15/2017, 12:03 PM
So I guess we'll have Will Smith rapping "never had a friend like me"? Interesting.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/15/2017, 12:03 PM
So every time Aladdin [frick]s up with Jamsine

The genie:
spiderman620
spiderman620 - 7/15/2017, 12:12 PM
@BlackBeltJones - my only issue with Will playing the Genie is i fear its gonna be Will Smith doing Will Smith instead of taking it seriously and committing to the role. dont get me wrong, its IMPOSSIBLE to fill Robin Williams shoes, but on the same note i dont want him to just phone it in like Suicide Squad
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/15/2017, 12:15 PM
@spiderman620 - you know it's gonna be Will being Will
DavidGray
DavidGray - 7/15/2017, 12:17 PM
@spiderman620 - I don't think the Genie is a role you need to "commit" to. He's a charismatic character, they got a charismatic actor.
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 7/15/2017, 12:18 PM
@spiderman620 - The Genie isn't that serious of a role. He's just a fun guy.
DillonEnnis
DillonEnnis - 7/15/2017, 12:28 PM
@spiderman620 - Granted the Genie was Robin Williams doing Robin Williams, he just did such a great job
Supafairy
Supafairy - 7/15/2017, 12:50 PM
@EnnisFan - Lol, exactly this. Robin was literally being Robin. I don't see will being will as a bad thing. At least they won't try and mimick Robin's genie.
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