Billy Magnussen has insisted his deliberate Aladdin spin-off film is “not lifeless”.
The Into the Woods actor performed Prince Anders, a suitor and potential husband for Princess Jasmine, in Man Ritchie’s 2019 live-action reboot of the basic Disney animation.
Later that 12 months, it was revealed {that a} spin-off movie centered on Prince Anders was in improvement for Disney+, however the mission has not come to fruition.
In an new interview with IndieWire, Magnussen insisted the spin-off remains to be within the works.
“The pandemic occurred after we had been actually placing it collectively,” he defined. “There have been a couple of modifications with a couple of firms. It is not lifeless. Day by day is creating these lovely tales. In my profession, I similar to doing enjoyable stuff. What would I need to see and what would I need to hang around and do? So no, it isn’t lifeless. It is nonetheless going.”
Magnussen beforehand instructed Display Rant in 2022 that the movie, which he pitched himself, was present process rewrites.
Explaining the pitch course of, he instructed the outlet, “I feel I used to be 30 seconds in that film, and there was no plan for Disney to do something with it or no matter. And I simply type of went round to them. I used to be like, ‘Hey, I simply don’t desire this man to die. I’ve actually loved residing on this world, and I’ve some concepts that might be enjoyable.’ To be the not-Prince-Charming Prince, you understand? We all the time see Prince Charming, so I used to be like, ‘Let’s combine it up.'”
A separate Aladdin sequel was formally introduced in 2020 however this mission has additionally stalled.
