Will Smith reassures outraged fans his genie in the Aladdin remake WILL be blue in finished movie

Will Smith reassures outraged fans his genie in the Aladdin remake WILL be blue in finished movie

First look: The three stars of Guy Ritchie's live action Aladdin remake posed for the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. With Smith is Naomi Scott as Jasmine and Mena Massoud as Aladdin

The first image of Will Smith as the Genie in Disney's live action remake of Aladdin hasn't gone down well with fans.

Smith posed in character alongside Mena Massoud as Aladdin and Naomi Scott as Jasmine for a photo that graced the new issue of Entertainment Weekly published on Wednesday.

While some took issue with his genie hairdo, it was the fact that he wasn't blue, like the cartoon version voiced by Robin Williams in the animated original, that really got people riled up.

'Man why ain't Will Smith blue in the new Aladdin,' tweeted @JalenGibson, in what seemed to sum up the feelings of the Twitterverse.

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