‘Aladdin 2’ in development

Despite average reviews, Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin broke the $1 billion dollar mark and thus earned itself a sequel.

Walt Disney Studios is currently in development of a sequel to the 2019 remake of their animated classic. Early reports indicate that Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott set to reprise their roles as Genie, Aladdin and Jasmin, respectively. John Gatins (Flight) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton) are attached to write.

Aladdin grossed over $1 billion dollars at the global box office during its run. It was one of seven movies to gross over a billion dollars. Other films included; Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, The Lion King, Frozen II, Toy Story 4 and Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

Early reports are indicating that the story will be an original story rather than adapting the animated sequel, Return of Jafar.

No directors have yet been announced.