Anna Daniels
Since Aladdin 2 is early in its development, the project does not yet have an official release date. However, we can make an educated guess as to when the film might land in theaters by taking a look at Aladdin‘s road to the big screen.
Disney announced that the movie was in production in October 2016 (via Deadline); at that time, the screenplay was already complete, and Ritchie had been hired to direct. It would be just over two and a half years from this point before Aladdin landed in theaters, and we’re thinking that the time between Aladdin 2‘s announcement and its release will be pretty close to that time frame, for a couple of reasons.
First, even though the sequel doesn’t have a script or director locked in (not officially, anyway), the picture entered development well before the announcement was made. Back in August 2019, Dan Lin — a producer on the first film — told Syfy Wire that Disney brass were actively kicking around ideas for the sequel. “We’re looking at ‘[what’s] the best way to go with these characters,” Lin said at that time. “The audience response has really touched us in thinking about where we can go with these stories, and we feel like these characters have more adventures in store.”
As it turned out, the suits at the House of Mouse spent the next several months hearing pitches from several writing teams before settling on one that they liked, which we’ll get to shortly. To our second point, though: Aladdin‘s script may have been locked and loaded in 2016, but it was casting the film that gave producers headaches, and that shouldn’t present much of a problem this time around.
Written by: Looper
