Disney Developing Live-Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Adventure Movie 1001 NIGHTS Based on Middle East Folk Tale Collection

Disney studios is working on a new live-action fantasy sci-fi adventure film titled 1001 Nights, inspired by the classic Middle East folk tale collection, One Thousand And One Nights, aka Arabian Nights. The project is being penned and exec-produced by Arash Amel, who recently wrote well-received Disney+ movie Rise, about NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports that this will be an original take drawn from the ancient folk tales and will be a standalone IP, not related to any existing Disney properties such as their Aladdin franchise. “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp” is one of the stories contained in the Arabian Nights collection, along with other well known stores such as “Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves” and “The Seven Voyages Of Sinbad The Sailor.” The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Some of the stories, including Aladdin, were added in later editions.

It sounds like this could be a fun and interesting project for Disney to expand on.