--- title: Aladdin Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney description: Disney is going back to the world of Aladdin, its 1992 animated classic, with a live-action prequel. The studio is developing Genies, a live-action comedy... canonical: https://time.com/3960205/aladdin-disney-prequel-genie-live-action/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-16T02:12:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:17:49.797Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney og:description: The studio is developing Genies, a live-action comedy adventure og:url: https://time.com/3960205/aladdin-disney-prequel-genie-live-action/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9328bcc90ce1b46b/698699e43bc99918e01a4543/aladdin-movie-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Aladdin-Movie-Poster og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney twitter:description: The studio is developing Genies, a live-action comedy adventure twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9328bcc90ce1b46b/698699e43bc99918e01a4543/aladdin-movie-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Aladdin_ Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney by [Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter Jul 16, 2015 2:12 AM UTC  Disney by [Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter Jul 16, 2015 2:12 AM UTC Disney is going back to the world of _Aladdin_, its 1992 animated classic, with a live-action prequel. The studio is developing _Genies_, a live-action comedy adventure that is being written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Tripp Vinson is on board to produce via his Vinson Films banner. _Aladdin_ is a centuries-old Arabic folk tale that got the animated Disney treatment in 1992 in a film featuring Robin Williams as the voice of the blue-skinned Genie. The movie tells the story of Aladdin, a street urchin who finds a lamp that unleashes a Genie who grants him three wishes. A love interest and a sorcerer also figure into the proceedings. The new project would focus on the realm of the Genies and reveal how Aladdin’s Genie ended up enslaved in the lamp. Although _Genie_s is only in the early stages of development, the long-term plan is to have the project lead into an _Aladdin_ live-action movie. Vinson, an exec producer on this summer’s hit _San Andreas_, is producing _Bob the Musical_, Disney’s music-inclined comedy which Michel Hazanavicius is directing, as well as _Prince Charming_, also for the studio. Shannon and Swift made their mark early working on horror movies such as _Freddy vs. Jason_ and the _Friday the_ _13_ _t_h remake. But they segued into comedy, working most recently on the _Baywatch_ movie project and _O’Lucky Day_, which has Peter Dinklage attached, both at Paramount. The duo are repped by UTA and attorney Jeff Frankel at McKuin, Frankel. 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