Thursday, April 4, 2019

Aladdin Remake's Version of "Friend Like Me" Shown at CinemaCon

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Disney unveiled new footage from their upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin at CinemaCon on Wednesday, including the film's version of the iconic "Friend Like Me" musical number.

What was immediately apparent is that, unlike Jon Favreau's upcoming Lion King remake, Aladdin doesn't appear to be quite as much of a shot-for-shot remake of the original animated film. (It should be noted the visual effects in the footage shown were not final.)

The shot selections and backgrounds of the new "Friend Like Me" scene were markedly different from the animated version; indeed, matching what animators did in that particular sequence and with a performer as wild as Robin Williams always seemed impossible. So the remake -- and new Genie actor Will Smith -- is definitely doing its own albeit familiarly energetic thing.

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