Aladdin
Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay he co-wrote with John August. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, itself based on "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", a French addition to the Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights. The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott with Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen in supporting roles. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting genie, and battles the wicked sorcerer Jafar. In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action remake of Aladdin. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018. Aladdin premiered at the Grand Rex in Paris on May 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2019. Amongst Disney's live-action remakes, the film is the sixth-most-expensive and third-highest-grossing readaptation to date. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its music, costume design, and the performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott but criticism for Ritchie's direction, the CGI, and Kenzari's characterization of Jafar.
For my final wish, I wish to become the most powerful being in the universe. More powerful than you! A lot of gray area in that wish, but, uh... most powerful being in the universe coming right up! The most powerful in the universe, at last... second to no one. And I thought I had power before! First, I'll lay waste to those fools in Shirabad. What have you done to me? I haven't done anything to you, Jafar. What have you done to me? This was your wish, not mine. A genie might have phenomenal cosmic powers... But an itty-bitty living space. You see, a genie without a master goes back in their lamp. No! Not the lamp! I will not forget you, boy! Mark my words, I will not forget what you have done to me! Goodbye, Jafar! Parrot! You're coming with me! No!
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No? Okay, all right. I hear you loud and clear. All right. But this is what you need. The governing laws of Agrabah by royal decree. Okay? And here it is. "Must marry a prince." Right. But you say the words... and this law just, kinda like, goes away. And you and the princess are in it together forever. You can just make the law disappear? Pfft! Please. Like it never existed.
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