People have turned Will Smith’s blue Genie from the live-action ‘Aladdin’ movie into a hilarious yet ‘terrifying’ meme

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Callie Ahlgrim, Insider
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Will Smith is taking over the role of the Genie from Robin Williams, who died in 2014.

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Will Smith is taking over the role of the Genie from Robin Williams, who died in 2014.
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  • A new trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of “Aladdin” premiered during the Grammys on Sunday night.
  • It gave fans their first clear look at Will Smith as the iconic blue Genie.
  • People were quick to react with shock and horror – and the image has now become a meme online.

Disney is working its way through a roster of live-action remakes of its classic animated movies, and “Aladdin” is next on deck.

Following the release of a new trailer during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, as INSIDER’s Kim Renfro previously reported, people are feeling dubious about the choice to do a live-action cast with a CGI version of Will Smith as the iconic Genie. Many people found the blue body with Smith’s face imposed on top either “terrifying” or just downright uncanny.

A few days later, fans have had some time to sit with the image – and, as with anything mildly off-putting on the internet, it’s become a ubiquitous meme.

Some viewers came up with hilariously accurate comparisons.

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Others have felt geniunely haunted by the image, joking that it’s the stuff of nightmares and sleep paralysis.

“Aladdin,” directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine and Mena Massoud as Aladdin, arrives in theaters on May 24.

You can watch the newly released trailer below.