UPDATED: Will Smith has officially been cast as The Genie in Aladdin; Dumbo gets March 2019 release date

by Dacey | July 15, 2017 2:48 pm

Will Smith has officially been cast as The Genie in the upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin. We’ll provide you with more details as they become available.

UPDATED: The news is being reported by Deadline[1], which also confirms that Aladdin and Jasmine have also been cast. In addition, Tim Burton’s Dumbo is now in production and has a release date, and will fly into theaters March 29th, 2019.


Endnotes:
  1. Deadline: http://deadline.com/2017/07/disney-live-action-tim-burton-dumbo-release-date-aladdin-mena-massoud-naomi-scott-will-smith-1202129485/%20

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