Outside ofHot Jafar , very little of whatvery littlewe’ve view of the resilient - natural action Aladdin has not done much to instill confidence in its require universe . But according to Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn , if the movie falter , it may be down to spiritualist over - overstatement , and not , say , Will Smith’sBlue Man Group cosplay .
Speaking tothe Hollywood Reporteras part of a wide - ranging interview , Horn was enquire about Disney ’s process of managing expectations in a standard yr that is seeing the the like ofStar Wars : Episode IX , Frozen 2 , Avengers : Endgame , and more finally reach theater … which somehow led to Horn immediately pivot to saying expectations of Disney movie are to a great extent skew by crush reporting , both good and spoilt .
It ’s always a challenge because — and I say this with sexual love and respect for media — the thing about these big movies is they get a lot of care , whether positivist or disconfirming . So when they do n’t work , like Solo , the media says it ’s a failure . I mean it was a pretty good movie . It did n’t resonate as much as we ’d go for it would , but the insistency writes it up in a more negative way than I would .
It was odd enough already , but while discourse the sensing of Solo as a nonstarter ( which , Horn is right , wasn’t exactlya turkey , it just underperformed ) , Horn pivoted to expectations of how Aladdin ’s potential at the box office is being watched much more closely than other would - be - busts , just because it ’s a Disney film :
These are very high - profile flick . If Aladdin , which I happen to call back is a howling film , does n’t process somehow , that ’s handsome news and much bigger news show than if a motion picture somewhere else , like The Kid Who Would Be King [ at Fox , ] does n’t work .
It ’s specially interesting in the wake of the public blowback to the film ’s imagining of Will Smith as the Genie , glimpsed forthe first time recently . Which is less of any kind of metier exaggeration and more of … well , the great unwashed think that what Aladdin has shown off so far is n’t on the dot setting the worldly concern on fire .
It ’s the same for Disney ’s other coming updated of an renovate classic , The Lion King , which drop avisually stunning first trailerthat was critique for essentially being a shot - for - shooting recreation of the original movie ’s iconic curtain raising scene . Horn ’s response to that criticism ?
Bring a handkerchief . It ’s so emotional . But it ’s a remake of an animated film , so there must be some portion of the audience who will say , “ Well , I watch the first picture . ” All I can say for sure is you may not say these animals are n’t literal .
… hmm .
But beyond whether or not Horn thinks Aladdin or Lion King or any of the other50 billion live - action Disney remakeswill work out okay , it ’s wild that Disney can attempt to pass off media interestingness in the success — or failure — of its films as the press going after dramatic play for the saki of big news . Disney is literally one of the biggest studio in Hollywood ! It ’s about to mix with another like some kind ofgiant , capitalistic Voltron ! Horn and the rest of Disney ca n’t get off with pretend they ’re like some indie wall plug when it comes to either the successes or failures of any of its picture .
Whether Aladdin joins the latter rest to be see , but it ’ll be newsworthy , nightmare Blue Will Smith or otherwise .
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