Will Smith has bounced back following the negative reception of his blue genie from the live-action “Aladdin” trailer. The star is taking over the character Robin Williams brought to life in ...

The trailer for Aladdin gave fans a longer look at Smith as the Genie, making it clear that he’s just as funny and mischievous as the original voiced by Robin Williams in the 1992 animated ...

However, social media users still weren't satisfied, calling his character too blue. "Are we sure this is Will Smith as Genie from #Aladdin and not #Avatar?" Scott Fishman tweeted on Feb. 10.

The trailer for Aladdin gave fans a longer look at Smith as the Genie, making it clear that he’s just as funny and mischievous as the original voiced by Robin Williams in the 1992 animated version.

"It was very funny," Smith tells the publication. "There was a Sonic The Hedgehog / Genie frog. Everything is under such critical scrutiny. I came up in an era where there was no internet.

Smith's Genie jokes with Aladdin. "Genies, wishes, lamp . . . none of that is ringing a bell?!" While he definitely looks like a genie . . . well, we have some thoughts about him as the Genie.

As noted in the video above, one of my favorite bits in the new movie involves a prince that Genie (Will Smith) conjures in the desert during a conversation with Aladdin (Mena Massoud), and I was ...

There hasn’t been one performance, sight fully unseen, more scrutinized this year than Will Smith's turn as Genie in Disney's new live-action remake of Aladdin. The role was made iconic, of ...

‘Aladdin’: Will Smith’s blue Genie is pretty cool, once you get to know him In Guy Ritchie’s shining, shimmering live-action update, the new princess and ‘street rat’ make a winning ...

Remarkably glitzy and broadly amusing, the delightful stage version of Disney's ALADDIN is a fun, lively, and entertaining repackaging of the originally fun, lively, and entertaining animated film ...

Although we got our first look at Will Smith ’s Genie in the upcoming Aladdin remake last December, the character was rocking a normal human guise. It wasn’t until the special sneak that aired ...