ALADDIN
IN CINEMAS:THE STARS:
THE STARS:
THE STORY:
THE STORY:
Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Rita Ora and
Kathryn Newton.Will Smith, Naomi Scott,
Marwan Kenzari and Navid Negahban.Pokémon fans around the country get ready for
the upcoming release of the first live action film
based on the wildly popular gaming series. The story is
set in Ryme City, a modern metropolis where humans
and Pokémon creatures live in peaceful coexistence.
That is until detective, Harry Goodman goes missing
and his 21-year-old son, named Tim, vows to unravel
the mystery. When Tim meets Harry’s former Pokémon
partner, Detective Pikachu, the pair discover that they
are uniquely able to communicate with each other
and together embark on chasing clues through the city
streets to find Harry and ultimately save the Pokémon
universe.Based on the classic story of Aladdin and the
Magic Lamp from The Book of One Thousand
and One Nights, the latest release of Aladdin represents
the second live-action Disney film of 2019. Director,
Guy Ritchie, embraces the opportunity to adapt the 1992
animated movie set in the city of Agrabah. Aladdin is a
poor street kid who lives each day as it comes, until he
meets a beautiful, young girl who turns out to be Princess
Jasmine. Aladdin then retrieves a magical lamp from the
mysterious Cave of Wonders which releases a fun-loving
genie who grants him three wishes that could help
win Jasmine’s affections. However, a sinister sorcerer
known as Jafar has other plans for Aladdin, the lamp and
Agrabah.23 May, 2019POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU
TRIVIA TREAT #1:
Production of Aladdin
was originally
scheduled to begin in
July 2017, however,
it had to be delayed
due to Disney having
difficulty in finding
the right people to
play the characters of
Aladdin and Jasmine.
The extensive search
ventured worldwide!TRIVIA TREAT #2:
Some other actors
considered for roles in
the live-action Aladdin
release included,
Tom Hardy, who was
rumoured for the role of
Jafar and pro-wrestler,
Adeel Alam, who
campaigned to play
Aladdin.TRIVIA TREAT #3:
Actor, Will Smith, who
plays the genie in this
adaptation of Aladdin,
said, “There hasn’t been
a lot of that hip-hop
flavour in Disney history,
so I think it’ll stand out
as unique even in the
Disney world.” Smith
also assured fans that
his genie performance
would play homage
to Robin Williams’
character in the 1992
animation.MOVIES
TRIVIA TREAT #1:
The Pokémon brand
launched in 1996 and
has sold over 300
million gaming units
worldwide, has trading
cards available in 11
languages, a television
series in its 20th season
and animated movies
delivering over $700
million at the box office.
This is in addition to the
Pokemon GO app which
was downloaded more
than 650 million times.TRIVIA TREAT #2:
The visual effects in
Pokemon Detective
Pikachu were created
by the Moving Picture
Company (MPC) and
Framestore. Many of
the visual effects were
supplied by the same
team who worked on the
206 flicks, The Jungle
Book and Fantastic
Beasts and Where to
Find Them.TRIVIA TREAT #3:
Some of the audio for
large crowd chants
in this movie were
recorded live during
the Pokémon World
Championships 2018 in
Nashville.TRIVIA TREAT #4:
There has been
speculation of gaming
giant, Nintendo, to
potentially release more
feature film adaptations
of their video games, as
well as, the suggestion
that a Netflix Original TV
Series may be created
based on Nintendo’s
Legend of Zelda
franchise.