Disney's live-action remakes of their animated classics have proven to be quite successful, with both ALADDIN and THE LION KING crossing $1 billion worldwide in recent months, and in the case of ALADDIN, those box-office bucks could translate into a sequel. While speaking with Syfy Wire, ALADDIN producer Dan Lin expressed his enthusiasm for a sequel and revealed that Disney is in the early stages of developing a follow-up.
We’d love to. People clearly loved the movie and watched it multiple times and we get lots of fan letters and people asking us to make Return [of] Jafar, and I can just tell you that we’re in early stages right now, but we’re certainly talking about another movie. Like with Aladdin, it will not be a straight remake of any movie that’s been made before, so we’re looking at 'where’s the best way to go with these characters.'
"The audience response has really touched us in thinking about where we can go with these stories," Lin added. "And we feel like these characters have more adventures in store." The original animated film spawned two direct-to-video sequels, THE RETURN OF JAFAR and ALADDIN AND THE KING OF THIEVES, so it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that they'd want to do the same with the live-action film. Should a sequel materialize, Dan Lin hopes that ALADDIN director Guy Ritchie will return as well. "Yeah, I think that’s certainly the hope," Lin said. "He made this movie for his kids. They loved Aladdin, both the original animated movie and the Broadway musical, and they wanted him to make a movie that they could see. So he certainly loved the experience, I think both he and Will Smith — even before the box office success, they said it was the best filmmaking experience of their lives and they had so much fun doing it. And we’d love to have Guy back and get the team back together. If we do another Aladdin movie, we’d certainly love to have him at the helm." ALADDIN will be released on Digital on August 27th, followed by a DVD/Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD release on September 10, 2019.
Would you like to see a sequel to ALADDIN or should Disney leave the franchise alone?