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

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.

This looks like an auto insurance commercial that comes on at 2 am pic.twitter.com/RNyTNAgMBK

— Matt Buechele (@mattbooshell) February 11, 2019

Will Smith as the genie looks like what one of those kids from the 90’s Fruit Gushers commercials would look like if they never found a cure for their fruit curse.

— Jhonen Vasquez (@JhonenV) February 11, 2019

pic.twitter.com/9frUtQjcDP

— Matthew Mojica (@LostCampfire) February 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/JWInfo/status/1094789424792006656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Same energy pic.twitter.com/knN8TXWn8F

— Unidentified Flying Octo (@Octopimp) February 11, 2019

The Will Smith genie looks like it's airbrushed on an unlicensed rollercoaster that dislocates shoulders

— TomWalker.bsky.social (@tomwalkerisgood) February 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/HokiePedro/status/1095092853703958528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Videogameboypro/status/1095057203671781377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Will Smith’s genie looks like Mike Tyson auditioning for the Blue Man Group pic.twitter.com/N9W4u8Er3k

— uncle dirtnap (@UnhappyGiImore) February 12, 2019

http://instagr.am/p/BtxRX5FllKj

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

Caption This https://t.co/XmhhbBXy6T

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) February 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/1094790594579197952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

*checks Twitter for the last time before bed*
.... this image will now be haunting my dreams.#Aladdin #Aladdintrailer #Genie pic.twitter.com/91mv3hY8RU

— steph 🎃 (@stephimus_prime) February 11, 2019

Will Smith genie is what appears in my room when I have sleep paralysis pic.twitter.com/NzMDOgvkkz

— Jenny Nicholson (@JennyENicholson) February 11, 2019

Literally can’t sleep because this is burned into my eyelids. #aladdin #genie pic.twitter.com/9gcisv96xH

— Shaft (@shaftybag) February 11, 2019

Imagine going to sleep after seeing Will Smith’s Genie and thinking you won’t wake up at 3am with cold sweats after having nightmares about it. pic.twitter.com/RtZBbfyycN

— Jeramy Wainwright (@JeramyWainwrigh) February 11, 2019

"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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hHECMVOq7g