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Aladdin purists are getting used to Will Smith's Genie 🧞‍♂️

Movies December 19, 2018
Entertainment Weekly released a first look at the Aladdin live-action remake. Some of the topics dominating conversation are the facts that Will Smith's Genie on the cover isn't CGI, isn't blue and looks like comedian Sinbad. In the feature, EW noted, "the final version of Will Smith’s Genie in his blue floating lamp form isn’t quite finished."

We can show you the world... of Disney’s live-action ! Get a shining, shimmering, splendid first look at the reimagined classic in our magical First Look issue:

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Naomi Scott as Jasmine and Mena Massoud as Aladdin in the upcoming live-action ‘Aladdin’ movie

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Twitter this morning

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Our first look at Will Smith’s Genie in the live-action has appeared and he’s not CGI! Thoughts? 🧞‍♂️ (Via )

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We asked for one thing... A Smurf Smith. 😑

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genie! my first wish. i wish that i'd never seen this.

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Genie ain't blue :'(

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Will should have just blue himself?

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Fixed it real quick.

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Will Smith’s genie hair in the live-action is going to be a major source of anxiety for me in 2019.

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Everyone ripping apart what genie looks like in the live action Aladdin but I’ll trust till the day I die so I’ll rock with it

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Here’s something I can share about the Genie; I’ve heard Will Smith is great in the role and he can change to blue which he does in the film.

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'I started to feel confident that I could deliver something that was an homage to Robin Williams but was musically different ... There hasn’t been a lot of that hip-hop flavor in Disney history,' says Will Smith of his take on the Genie 🎵 (via )

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The final version of Will Smith’s Genie in his blue floating lamp form isn’t quite finished, but director Guy Ritchie is giving us a tease of what he’ll look like in the live-action

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Update - Will Smith has said Genie will be mostly cgi in and the cover is just his human form ❤️

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Rest assured, fans: Will Smith's genie will be blue in the live-action film. Director Guy Ritchie gives us a tease of what to expect:

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Remember that alternate universe shit when we thought Sinbad starred in a genie movie? Turns out we were actually thinking of a timeline in the future with Will Smith.

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should have been Sinbad he plays a great genie

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I have ... Questions Like why does Will Smith look like Sinbad?

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Why.... didn't... they... just.... get.... comedic legend Sinbad.... to play... the genie?

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Aside from the Genie, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW DAMN BEAUTIFUL THESE TWO LOOK?!? 😍😍😍

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Exclusive: Go behind-the-scenes of Disney's live-action with Will Smith, , and :

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