Guy Ritchie to direct live-action Aladdin

Guy Ritchie is nearing a deal to direct Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the studio’s 1992 animated classic Aladdin.

Dan Lin, who produced the two Richie-directed Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, promises an “ambitious and non-traditional” take on Aladdin, the Guardian reports, citing the Hollywood Reporter.

Big Fish writer John August has written the script, which is said to include many of the musical elements from the original, but is non-linear in its structure – much like Ritchie’s two earliest successes, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels andSnatch.