Live-Action Aladdin Trailer Teases 'A Whole New World' (Yes, There's Singing)

Make way for Prince Ali. Disney's full-length trailer for the live-action remake of Aladdin is here — and yes it looks like it has a whole lot more in usual with the original than we thought.


First, we saw the desert kingdom of Agrabah, then we were introduced to our street rat hero Aladdin. Right now, we've been given a heaping helping of the color, character, and music we've been hoping for, and it's fully surpassed our expectations.


The trailer opens up with Aladdin (Mena Massoud) zipping in and out of audiences, hopping from roof roof attempting to escape the guards who are in hot pursuit. If you were concerned, it has much of the same manic energy the animated version, and all the color — minus the blue Genie, at least in some of the scenes. For the most part, he seems to spend much of time looking like regular, non-blue Will Smith. That's probably for the best.


Wondering if we'd get to hear the ideal songs in the movie? Oh, yes. A thousand and one times yes. We finally get to be able to see Will Smith's Genie in all his blue glory here as he tackles the classic "Friend Like Me," complete with all of the flourishes we saw in the bombastic scene, with Genie's disembodied hand holding marionette strings. Another scene shows off a ton of Genies sizing up Aladdin for the ideal fit as he becomes his tweak ego Prince Ali.


"There's a lot of gray area in 'make me a prince.' I may just...Make you a prince," says Genie. So he does. A prince appears in the background.


"Y'all seen my palace?" He calls. Will Smith has big shoes to fill any time it comes to portraying Robin Williams' Genie, yet it looks like he's well on his way.


But while the movie seems content to stick with what works in terms of musical numbers and the general story line, it looks like fans who know every beat of the story by heart have several changes to look forward to. For one, Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) looks to play a slightly different role in getting Aladdin to go soon following the magic lamp in Agrabah's Cave of Wonders, doffing his old man disguise.


It also looks like Jasmine (Naomi Scott) is a lot more headstrong and independent this time around, also. We saw shades of this in the 1992 film, although she's especially self-realized here. Combined with a new handmaiden character named Dalia (Nasim Pedrad) along with a sidekick for Jafar in Hakim (Numan Acar), there's something interesting for new and old fans here, even the ones who've seen the animated classic a billion times.


And we have to talk about the cute rendition of "A Whole New World," just tucked away at the end of the clip, like we weren't going to notice. We can't wait to hear it in its full glory. We're actually hitting Spotify as we speak to practice our duet.


Aladdin is soaring into theaters on May 24, 2019.