Aladdin

Aladdin is an upcoming American musical romantic fantasy adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie, written by Ritchie, John August and Vanessa Taylor, and produced by Legendary Pictures. It is an adaptation of the Arab-style folktale of the same name from One Thousand and One Nights and the French interpretation by Antoine Galland.

Characters

 * Iago, Abu, Rajah, Gazeem, Razoul, and the Peddler were all excluded from the show. Abu was replaced by Aladdin's human friend Dexter, Rajah was replaced with a female human handmaiden that serves as Jasmine's servant, while the Peddler's dialogue and scenes were given to the Genie, a callback to an abandoned concept that had the Genie reveal himself to be the Peddler at the end of the original animated film. Abu and Rajah were omitted primarily because they would be hard to convincingly depict on-stage, though Abu makes a cameo on a sign during "Prince Ali". Iago and Razoul are replaced by a beggar man named Hakim.

Plot points

 * Aladdin's second wish is used to free him and his friends from imprisonment, instead of being used to save himself from drowning.


 * Jafar's first wish is to make Jasmine his prisoner, while his second is to become Sultan. In the film, Jafar first wish is to become sultan, while becoming the most powerful sorcerer in the world is used as his second.


 * The scene in which Jafar sends Aladdin to the arctic wastelands to freeze to death has been removed.


 * Instead of being sucked into the lamp with Jafar, Iago is arrested for his crimes following Jafar's downfall.