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Fans who used one of their three wishes to see a glimpse of Disney's live-action 'Aladdin' are in luck.

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00:00Disney fans ain't never had a friend like Will Smith. The actor shared our first glimpse

00:04at Disney's live-action Aladdin on Wednesday. Smith, who plays the genie, posted a photo

00:09from the set getting his genie on, with cast mates Minima Sood, a.k.a. Aladdin himself,

00:14Naomi Scott, who plays Princess Jasmine, and Jafar actor Marwan Kinzari.

00:19Smith captioned the pic on his Facebook page,

00:21"...we just started shooting Aladdin and I wanted to intro you guys to our new family. Here we go."

00:26Smith plays the iconic, magical character originally voiced by the late Robin Williams

00:31in the 1992 animated film. It was announced on Tuesday that Billy Magnusson had also joined the cast

00:37as a new character named Prince Anders. He joins Nassim Pedrad, who is set to play the original

00:42character Mara, a handmaiden and friend to Jasmine. Guy Ritchie is directing Disney's live-action

00:48Aladdin, and John August of Big Fish and Corpse Bride wrote the script.

00:51For more on Aladdin, check out THR.com. And meanwhile, let me know in the comments

00:56how excited you are for the new live-action movie. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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