Haunted Mansion (2023)

[Sotiris]

It could be scary without it be R-rated. There's really no excuse for another comedic adaptation.

[Toky]

O no, not again, with almost the same premise as the old one…sigh

[Avaitor]

Yeah, it's sounding more or less like the first one, which honestly sounds kind of tone death. It looks like it was a modest hit at the box-office, but it's hardly an established favorite like the POTC films are and has maintained virtually no positive legacy.

I actually got around to seeing The Haunted Mansion for the first time a little while ago, and I have to say that it's an interesting beast. As a kids movie, it clearly wants to be The Mummy and Jumanji. But as a Haunted Mansion movie, it clearly doesn't want to be one.

[blackcauldron85]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/09/everyth ... panel.html

“Haunted Mansion” is slated to arrive in theaters March 10, 2023. Directed by Justin Simien, a former Disneyland cast member, the film is filled with Easter eggs culled from the famous Disney parks ride. During the panel, Simien announced that Jamie Lee Curtis will star as Madam Leota in the film.

*Edit*
https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-and ... -announced?

The first footage shown largely focused on the mansion itself, with shots of the building, maps of the house, and the discovery of a secret passageway. The characters also find old barrels which leads to a fire starting. The trailer also showed multiple glimpses of Danny DeVito and Owen Wilson. The cast also includes Winona Ryder, Dan Levy, and more.

[blackcauldron85]

Here's a more detailed description of the footage shown:
https://www.slashfilm.com/997515/haunte ... alize-d23/

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Apparently, people responded well to Disney’s new Haunted Mansion in test screenings of the movie: https://twitter.com/skylershuler/status ... 13DCriaQ8g.

[D82]

New article from Empire UK:

This theme-park-ride adaptation wants to scare you silly

“We have people hanging from rafters, flying around, jumping off things... alligators! It’s childhood-dream stuff, really.” Director Justin Simien is talking Empire through a particularly batshit-sounding sequence in his particularly batshit-sounding new movie. Based on the spooky Disneyland ride of the same name, Haunted Mansion looks to blend supernatural comedy with action set-pieces and horror that “really packs a punch,” chuckles Simien. “It’s a family adventure, but when it gets scary, it gets scary.”

If this all sounds wilder than expected, then that was very much the intention. “The ride itself has this subversive undertone,” says Simien, who worked at Disneyland as a teen, spending lunchbreaks in the Haunted Mansion. “It speaks to all generations simultaneously and weaves different mysteries together like gossamer. That’s the tone we wanted for the movie.”

The ride has been adapted for screen before, with the 2003 Eddie Murphy offering of the same name. “Ours is a very different film,” says Simien. “A fresh start for the franchise.” The plot centres on single mother Gabbie (Rosario Dawson), who moves into a rundown New Orleans manor to discover it teeming with eccentric phantoms, and drafts in a squad of “ghost fanatics”, including Owen Wilson’s priest, Tiffany Haddish’s medium, LaKeith Stanfield’s paranormal expert and Danny DeVito’s spectre-obsessed academic, to deal with the ghouls. And then there’s a performance-captured Jared Leto, being “weird, creepy [and] funny” as the villainous Hatbox Ghost.

To get this impressive ensemble into the “woo-woo headspace”, Simien gave each actor their own crystal, to “bring clarity, amplify energy... Just tune into [paranormal] thinking, so it felt authentic on screen.” Further ventures into the offbeat occurred throughout, not least in the aformentioned batshit scene. “That takes place in the ‘Stretching Room’,” teases Simien. “The walls stretch and you can’t tell if you’re going up or down... It’s a nuts sequence.” Ghosts, monsters and M.C. Escher-inspired architecture: this might be Disney’s weirdest swing yet.

TOM ELLEN

[Sotiris]

This new “Haunted Mansion” follows a single mom (Disney favorite Rosario Dawson) as she attempts to rid her New Orleans home of poltergeists, enlisting the help of several paranormal researchers of different styles (among them: Lakeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish and Danny DeVito). The footage screened at last year’s D23 Expo was surprisingly entertaining, with Jamie Lee Curtis announced as playing Madame Leota (the woman in the floating crystal ball) and Jared Leto as the iconic Hatbox Ghost. (Winona Ryder also appears in an unspecified role.) Also fans of the Haunted Mansion will be pleased to know there’s not a single mansion in this movie but rather two.

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/most-anticipate ... s-of-2023/

[singerguy04]

The Haunted Mainsion remake has been moved up to July 28th.

https://wdwnt.com/2023/02/the-haunted-m ... g-in-july/

I'm still a little optimistic for this release, and now it's moved to my Birthday weekend so cheers!

[Farerb]

I really don't understand why they release a Halloween movie in July.

[Patricier21]

I really don't understand why they release a Halloween movie in July.

30 years after the first Hocus Pocus EH? But you are right that it will be interesting to see how this does considering that it’s based on a ride and being released on the same weekend as jungle Cruise, But do not forget that it was going to be released in the middle of August [not to mention in a little less than a month from now on March 10 originally], and the Rob Zombie and I believe some of the other Halloween movies were released in August as well and they did pretty good. Even the 2003 Movie was released on American thanksgiving after Halloween and it actually did moderately well

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

I really don't understand why they release a Halloween movie in July.

30 years after the first Hocus Pocus EH? But you are right that it will be interesting to see how this does considering that it’s based on a ride and being released on the same weekend as jungle Cruise, But do not forget that it was going to be released in the middle of August [not to mention in a little less than a month from now on March 10 originally], and the Rob Zombie and I believe some of the other Halloween movies were released in August as well and they did pretty good. Even the 2003 Movie was released on American thanksgiving after Halloween and it actually did moderately well

Perhaps they're releasing it in the summer to get it on Disney+ in time for Halloween, maybe even release it on Disney+ Halloween Tuesday along with the Blu-Ray/Digital release of the movie.

[singerguy04]

Aside from being about ghosts, it's not really going to be a Halloween movie. Ghosts and spooky material exists outside of Halloween. It's also really only a 2 week difference when all is said and done.

It seems like they are pretty conscious of the complaints surrounding the first, so I hope they have learned a lesson from it's failures.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Trailer allegedly online next Monday to get it shown in theaters with Scream VI.

[Sotiris]

Poster:
https://twitter.com/HauntedMansion/stat ... 4551087104

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Poster:
https://twitter.com/HauntedMansion/stat ... 4551087104

That means trailer tomorrow and with Scream 6 next week.

[Farerb]

Teaser Trailer:
https://youtu.be/gartMjonTXc

[Sotiris]

After this movie premieres, people will gain a new-found appreciation for the Eddie Murphy version.

[Farerb]

It looks like it was originally made for Disney+ and they decided to release it in theaters instead for some reason.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

It looks like it was originally made for Disney+ and they decided to release it in theaters instead for some reason.

Except it wasn't made for Disney+, it never was.