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Another live-action version of a Disney tale is in the works.

Disney is reportedly聽 a live-action look at the life of the Genie in 鈥淎laddin鈥� before he met up with the title protagonist. In 鈥淎laddin,鈥� still one of the most well-regarded Disney films, Aladdin passes himself off as a prince with the help of a genie in order to secure the hand in marriage of Princess Jasmine. The film is mostly remembered for the vocal work by actor Robin Williams, who voiced the Genie with a mile-a-minute, pop-culture-referencing speaking style.

More and more live-action takes on Disney animated films have been put into development lately. A live-action version of 鈥淏eauty and the Beast鈥� already has a full cast and movies about 鈥淧eter Pan鈥� character Tinkerbell and 鈥淒umbo鈥� are also reportedly in the works. Disney has done well with this model, with 2010鈥檚 鈥淎lice in Wonderland,鈥� 2014鈥檚 鈥淢aleficent,鈥� and this year鈥檚 鈥淐inderella鈥� all doing well at the box office.聽

This film, if made, does come with a hurdle, however. Williams was undoubtedly the star of "Aladdin" and impressed critics and audiences with his humorous take on the Genie character. Casting the Genie for this new movie, when Williams鈥檚 take on the role will still be very fresh in audiences鈥� minds (especially for a Millennial generation that grew up on 鈥淎laddin鈥� and most likely enjoyed multiple viewings) will be a challenge.

Disney hasn鈥檛 really faced this problem yet 鈥� those taking on roles like Maleficent or Cinderella aren't working against recent audience memory 鈥� but in reboot-happy Hollywood, it can be tough to cast a new actor in a role that people all over the world already know. Sometimes it succeeds, as with the 鈥淴-Men鈥� film series, which cast actors James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as superhero Professor Xavier and villain Magneto, two roles already played by actors Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan, respectively. Critics and audiences were mostly happy with McAvoy and Fassbender鈥檚 takes on the role and they鈥檙e now getting ready to star in their third 鈥淴-Men鈥� movie, 2016鈥檚 鈥淴-Men: Apocalypse.鈥� And while many fans didn鈥檛 like other aspects of the prequel 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� trilogy, few could find fault with actor Ewan McGregor鈥檚 performance as a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi, a role originally inhabited by actor Alec Guinness.

But sometimes bringing on a new actor for a familiar role can backfire. Actors Jai Courtney and Emilia Clarke are getting mixed reviews for their takes on the iconic action roles of Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor in the newest 鈥淭erminator鈥� movie, 鈥淭erminator Genisys,鈥� which was released earlier this month. When 鈥淧sycho鈥� was remade in 1998, actor Vince Vaughn couldn鈥檛 match up with Anthony Perkins鈥檚 portrayal of Norman Bates in reviewers鈥� minds.聽

This also isn鈥檛 the only casting challenge Disney will be taking on in the near future 鈥� a prequel about 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� character Han Solo is reportedly in the works and the lead actor will have the unenviable task of playing the role iconically taken on by Harrison Ford.聽