Something big was going down on the Las Vegas Strip on April 27, 1998. There was a buzzing, almost festive atmosphere outside the hard-luck Aladdin Hotel. Television news helicopters hovered above, ...

As the film-makers of the new live-action remake of Aladdin struggle to cast their hero, Sophia Smith Galer looks at the troubled history of the Disney classic. For many, Disney’s 1992 film Aladdin ...

When the new live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, Aladdin, hits theaters on Friday, it will be just the latest step in the very long history of the tale — one with surprising origins.

On Nov. 25, 1992, Disney unveiled the animated film in theaters nationwide. By Duane Byrge On Nov. 25, 1992, Disney unveiled Aladdin in theaters nationwide, where it would go on to gross $504 million ...

In 1992, Disney’s animated Aladdin hit the big screen, and audiences fell in love with the adventures of an orphan—the “Diamond in the Rough”—who crossed paths with a flying carpet, a powerful genie, ...