Smith spoke about the role at the Aladdin press conference in 2019. It turned out the Genie had more in common with his own celebrity than it may have appeared. Smith identified with the Genie from ...

Although we got our first look at Will Smith’s Genie in the upcoming Aladdin remake last December, the character was rocking a normal human guise. It wasn’t until the special sneak that aired in ...

The cast of Disney’s Aladdin have responded to internet criticism of Will Smith’s version of the Genie, blaming unfinished visual effects for not casting the CGI creation in a good light. Disney’s ...

The "Aladdin" magic carpet ride is underway. Disney rolled out the purple carpet Tuesday night for a lavish Hollywood premiere celebrating director Guy Ritchie's live-action remake of the beloved 1992 ...

Kevin Tash is a TV and Film Features writer for Collider, a screenwriter, and an arm-chair film critic. When you think of "Disney" who are the first characters to come to mind? It's going to be ...

This take on the Genie is inherently different from the original, but that’s expected. Will Smith took his own approach to the character, very different from the iconic performance delivered by Robin ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Perhaps the biggest hurdle Disney faced on its ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For better or for worse, Genie will always be the most important character when it comes to ...

Disney's remake train is still chugging along mightily, and the next stop on this nostalgia tour is Aladdin. The studio unveiled a never-before-seen clip from the upcoming remake at CinemaCon ...

The bread Aladdin stole disappears a few times while he's running with it. The movie's first scene with Aladdin shows him stealing bread and running away from guards with Abu. As Aladdin dodges the ...