By Mia Galuppo Guy Ritchie may have found his Genie. Will Smith is in early talks for the magical, musical role in the live-action adaptation ... in a lamp and the evil sorcerer who covets the ...

NEW YORK -- Will Smith is promising fans a new spin on Genie in Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of "Aladdin ... Marwan Kenzari as Jafar and Navid Negahban as the Sultan.

He was the villain, but he didn't feel nearly as menacing or as evil ... Smith's Genie way more than Jafar. Unpopular opinion – I'm not the biggest hater of The Lion King live-action.

Since then, Disney has been churning out live-action remakes ... Will Smith as The Genie.

When the first clip of Disney’s live-action ... he’s sent by the evil Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) to the Cave of Wonders to fetch a magic lamp, he rubs it and meets the genie.

When EW unveiled the first look at Guy Ritchie’s live-action ... Genie. While the film’s plot closely resembles the animated classic, it also fleshes out certain characters such as Jafar ...

Disney is developing a sequel to its live-action 'Aladdin ... The Return of Jafar‘s entire story revolves around the titular villain’s escape from his lamp. Now a genie himself, Jafar ...

Disney recently dropped the official first look at the live-action Aladdin movie ... for Aladdin to catch her eye. OK, so, yes Jafar is "evil" and wants to "take over her father's throne ...