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 ...

Disney has released a clip of Will Smith's Genie singing "Prince Ali" from Aladdin, and not everyone is feeling the magic. Adapted from the original animated film, the song takes place after Aladdin ...

Will Smith spoke about the live-action 'Aladdin's' hip-hop angle and how he made the character of the Genie his own when he visited 'Good Morning America' on Monday. By Katherine Schaffstall Will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Did Aladdin just get woke? Looks like it. It’s an inspired choice to cast Guy Ritchie’s live-action version of Disney’s 1992 animated hit with persons of color. That’s Will Smith as the Genie, ...

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 ...

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 ...