Aladdin 2 The Shadows of Sherebad 2026
Featuring Mena Massoud Naomi Scott Will Smith Billy Magnussen
One year into their joyous and celebratory marriage Sultan Aladdin Mena Massoud and Sultana Jasmine Naomi Scott face the first major crisis of their new reign. The very magical heart of Agrabah is failing. The vital Oasis the ancient lifeblood of the city is rapidly drying up causing widespread panic and despair. The beloved Genie Will Smith now enjoying his hard won freedom and traveling the wider world discovers through his distant magical senses that the root cause is a catastrophic powerful magical imbalance. This imbalance is mysteriously originating from the neighboring isolated and highly secretive desert kingdom of Sherebad.
Aladdin 2 The Shadows of Sherebad introduces a brand new realm shrouded in ancient forgotten magic yet dominated by cold calculation. This kingdom is ruled by a mysterious non magical scholar king who holds a staunch philosophical belief that advanced technology and rigid totalitarian order are vastly superior to the perceived chaos and unpredictability of magic and emotion. When Aladdin and Jasmine travel as emissaries to Sherebad seeking a solution to the growing magical depletion they are immediately treated not as esteemed royalty but as primitive unsophisticated trespassers. Sultana Jasmine in particular representing the powerful sovereignty of a female ruler is met with outright hostility and contempt from the traditionalist Sherebadian court.
The true cunning antagonist of the story however is not the isolated scholar king but his ruthless and highly ambitious vizier. This vizier secretly possesses a forgotten devastating artifact known only as the Counter Lamp. This insidious device systematically and continuously drains the worlds ambient magic to fuel Sherebads rapid technological and mechanical innovations effectively stealing the natural magical energy of the globe for their own progress. Aladdin finds himself unexpectedly stripped of the benefit of his usual street smarts and quick wit. He must face traps and intricate mechanical challenges that rely strictly on logic advanced physics and intricate mechanics rather than relying on his trusted magical carpet or Genies intervention.
Jasmine however shines brilliantly in this new hostile environment. She uses her sharp political acumen her regal bearing and her deep scholarly understanding of Agrabahs history and neighboring politics to methodically unravel and expose the viziers secret destructive plot. With the timely and dramatic return of the Genie who understands the ultimate stakes he must temporarily sacrifice his precious free will to grant them one last powerful and desperate wish a magical risk that might potentially cost him his hard won freedom forever Aladdin and Jasmine must race against the ticking clock. They must prevent the Counter Lamp from fully extinguishing all magic all hope and all wonder in the world forever before Sherebad plunges the globe into eternal magical darkness.