BREAKING: Disney announce cast for the live-action Aladdin movie at D23 Expo!

July 15th, 2017 by Marc Comments

Well, we now have our leads cast for the live-action Aladdin movie right from D23!

The movie will be directed by Guy Ritchie and will star Mena Massoud (below) as Aladdin along with the Pink Power Ranger from the latest movie, Naomi Scott. And, most interestingly, the Genie will be played by… Will Smith!

It will be based on the original Disney movie as well as the classic stories collection One Thousand and One Nights.

More as and when we get it, folks…

 

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….