Almost 300 years ago became Aladdin and the magic lamp as part of the Oriental story collection Thousand and one Night translated and published. In 1992, Disney took on the story and released Aladdin as a successful animated film. Almost thirty years later it appeared Live-action adaptation of Aladdin with Will Smith as a tricky genie. The fantasy spectacle is on TV this evening.
That’s what the live-action film adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin is all about
He lives in the Arab city of Agrabah skillful thief Aladdin (Mena Massoud), who steals what he needs to live. On one of his forays he meets Princess Jasmin (Naomi Scott), who is hiding behind a disguise. But Aladdin’s life is turned upside down again when he is attacked by the vizier Jafar (Marwan Kenzari). is captured. He wants to use Aladdin’s abilities for himself.
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Will Smith as Genie
The master thief is supposed to get one out of a dangerous cave Magic lamp with which Jafar wants to gain the rule of Agrabah. But when Aladdin finds the lamp, he frees the Genie who is there for him three wishes defended. It’s clear that the lover just wants to get to his Jasmine, but Jafar doesn’t give up so easily and does everything he can to snatch the lamp from Aladdin.
Aladdin is Will Smith’s greatest success
For a long time Will Smith was considered Guarantee for brilliant box office results and even set two records. Between Men in Black 2 and Hancock he managed a series in which the whole eight consecutive films with him at number 1 landed in the US cinema charts. But since 2013, one film after the next has flopped and things have been quiet about Will Smith.
With the live-action adaptation of Aladdin, Will Smith succeeded after one long streak of bad luck finally the big breakthrough again. Because despite lukewarm reviews, Aladdin played worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo 1.051 billion US dollars. For comparison, his second and third best commercially successful films are at 817.4 million (Independence Day) and 589.4 million (Men in Black).
When is Aladdin with Will Smith on TV?
On today Saturday (January 13th) Aladdin is on Sat.1 at prime time 8:15 p.m. The channel will repeat the Disney film on Sunday, January 14 at 1:50 p.m. The live-action film adaptation can also be streamed on Disney+ or Amazon.
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