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Disney has announced that Will Smith will play the Genie in it’s Aladdin live-action adaptation of the classic. Aladdin will be played by Mena Massoud, and Jasmine will be played by Naomi Scott. The highest-grossing film of the year in 1992, it won Academy Awards for best score and best song for “A Whole New World.”
The live-action version is expected to release in 2019
