Guillermo Del Toro Directing Haunted Mansion Reboot


by PSYCHOJOE

14 years, 3 months ago

At Comic-Con, Guillermo Del Toro recently announced that he is Directing Disney's The Haunted Mansion reboot.
Guillermo Del Toro was quoted to saying:
Del Toro said his film will be a scary 3-D, live-action take on what he called “the most precious real estate on Earth.”

“We're making it into an e-ticket ride,” del Toro said. “It will be scary and fun at the same time.”

This info is from movies.yahoo.com:
The new movie will be true to the “spirit, art and aesthetic” of the original Disneyland Haunted Mansion, where del Toro has made an annual pilgrimage since he was 3.

You can read more about this announcement on these sites:
http://www.movieweb.com/comic-con/2010/news/sdcc-2010-guillermo-del-toro-directing-haunted-mansion-3d
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/guillermo-del-toro-direct-new-haunted-mansion-ap
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/guillermo-del-toro-will-rebuild-disneys-haunted-mansion/?intcid=postnav

Here is a teaser image that was shown at Comic-Con:


by Kingpin

14 years, 3 months ago

The Eddie Murphy movie wasn't all that bad, and seemed pretty faithful to the Walt Disney World ride.

I'm intrigued, but I don't think this is neccesary… and I'm a bit unsure about Del Toro, as I was quite disappointed with Hellboy 2.

by Dr.D

14 years, 3 months ago

I'm sure Del Toro will turn a this Disney into a nightmare inducing horror film.

by ghostbusters2131

14 years, 3 months ago

Del Toro is that mexican director?

by PSYCHOJOE

14 years, 3 months ago

Kingpin wrote:
The Eddie Murphy movie wasn't all that bad, and seemed pretty faithful to the Walt Disney World ride.

I'm intrigued, but I don't think this is neccesary… and I'm a bit unsure about Del Toro, as I was quite disappointed with Hellboy 2.

I'm interested to see what Guillermo Del Toro can bring to this movie. Since he has done movies like Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, and Blade II; I'm hoping he'll bring a darker tone to the movie.

by slimelord1

14 years, 3 months ago

I look forward to this. Never saw the Eddie Murphy movie, but I love the ride and it can easily be the basis for a dark and spooky Horror film.

by PSYCHOJOE

14 years, 3 months ago

There is an video of an interview of Guillermo Del Toro talking about the Haunted Mansion movie on mtv.com.
Check it out on this site:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644374/20100724/story.jhtml

by Nix

14 years, 3 months ago

PSYCHOJOE;163513
Pan's Labyrinth

There's a parody of the Pan's Labyrinth movie poster somewhere on the intarwebs. The movie's title is replaced with the phrase, Mommy, I'm scared… in the same font.

Bring it on, Mr. Del Toro.:-)

by DocFritz

14 years, 3 months ago

<old guy voice>

You know, back in my day, when a movie “underperformed” they just didn't make any more of them, and went on to try something else.

Now they just “reboot” it, which means “We're putting out the same crap with a different paint job, and know our audience is either too stupid to remember the last movie came out only a few years ago, or too scared to try something that doesn't have a brand name they recognize to care.”

</old guy voice>

by Zombie

14 years, 3 months ago

I thought the Eddie Murphy film was fun, I actually liked it better than Pirates of the carribean which I for some reason could never get into.
Never heard of this Del Toro guy, but I am all for a another movie like this. But what's with all the rebooting and remaking nowadays? If you don't want it to have anything to do with the first one just make a loose sequel with new characters.