Filmmaker Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films has been preparing a fantasy trilogy inspired by 'The Arabian Nights', starting with 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', reports stated. The trilogy includes 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' and 'Sinbad the Sailor', and its production will begin this year. Maddock is also developing 'Chiranjeevi Universe', based on mythological figures of Hindu epics.