First pics dropped. Oh boy...

Some users here have a hard time copying and paste, so let me help you out since you went to the trouble of providing us a source: https://ew.com/movies/2018/12/19/aladdin-first-look-ew-cover-story/

It went remarkably in depth without spoiling anything. Thank you kindly. [tips hat]

Your source, Piya Sinha-Roy of 'Entertainment Weekly', claims that British director, Guy Ritchie, knows that there is no foreseeable way to capture the same dramatic flare of Disney's 1992 animated classic, 'Aladdin', opting to make this live-action version more "self-aware" as to differentiate itself while still maintaining a vibrant visual depiction of fictional Arabian Agrabah.

Personally, I don't know what to say about this creative direction. I feel it's necessary, since what translates great in a fast-paced cartoon obviously does not mesh neatly with real-world physics, unless a painstaking process that made 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' is done. My main concern is that the film's message will not have much to say what already hasn't been said in the aforementioned take, losing its ambiguity by needing to make so many changes for the sake of the live-action adaption in order to make it possible.

Which is important, since this upcoming film is clearly based on "Aladdin" 92' and not the fabled tale from " One Thousand and One Nights".

~~/o/

I knew that Slick Willie was playing the genie, but for some reason I thought it would be a CGI genie and he'd just do the voice. So to see him decked out in his mid-90s-looking genie garb and ready to work is a bit of a shock.

The 'ew' in the link is quite an apt response to this.

I'm not going to pre judge the entire thing but they should have put way more effort into the genie's appearance to look more mystical & ethereal with quality makeup or CGI as opposed to simply putting Will Smith in what looks like a Halloween genie costume from Walmart

You'd think they'd be more mindful to avoid anything that reminds audiences of Shaquille O'Neal in Kazam.

Obviously I have more faith in Will Smith to make it work but still they're not doing him any favors with that costume design