‘Aladdin’: Guy Ritchie, director of the film, would have ‘no problem’ with the return of Will Smith in the sequel

Will Smith immersed in promoting his new film, ‘To Freedom’, hshared his concern about the effect the Oscar slap might have on said film in particular, and his entire career in general. The actor, who took the stage at the Academy Awards to bash Chris Rock, says what’s killing him is that his blunder could sway the team onto other projects, like the aforementioned film. “I hope your work is appreciated and that it doesn’t end up tainted by my terrible decision”.

That awful decision, prompted by a joke Rock threw at Smith’s actress and wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, didn’t stop the actor from ending up picking up the statuette for ‘The Williams Method,’ but it would have meant a joke. stop in his professional career. The sequel to ‘Bright’, a Netflix movie led by the actor, was canceled soon afterdespite filmmakers like Michael Bay showing their support.

Now Guy Ritchie joins Smith’s defenders in assuring that he would work with him again on any project, including a possible sequel to the live-action “Aladdin” remake. For the director of this film released in 2019, there is no genius as great as Smith, who describes how “generous” and a true “Knight”.

“I have never met a lovelier man and working with him was one of the most beautiful and wonderful experiences I have ever had”Ritchie says in statements to The Hollywood Reporter (via Oh). “I’ve never seen another side of him other than that of a consummate and generous gentleman. I would have no problem casting Will Smith for anything.Because, as I said, he was always the perfect gentleman.”.

Adapting another classic

Guy Ritchie’s next project brings him back to the universe of Disney classics, because this director will be in charge of directing the live action version of “Hercules”. The next remake of House of Mouse wanted to repeat with Ritchie and hires brothers Joe and Anthony Russo (‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Endgame’) for their screenplay.

The creative duo has already wanted to anticipate some details of their vision, which goes through really upgrade that story of the Greek demigod kidnapped from Olympus. “I believe that we have a point of view on how Disney can extend the limits of their original licensesrather than just managing them”they claim, warning that their inspiration is TikTok because today’s audience are strongly influenced by said social network.