The time has come for a new Disney attraction to make its big screen debut. After enchanting viewers at Comic-Con 2022, where a first look was released, the mouse house has released the first trailer for Haunted Mansion. This new horror comedy for the whole family is one of the company’s biggest bets for the upcoming film summer. Will it manage to become a new franchise? Here we tell you everything you need to know.
What is it about?
A single mother and her son move into an old New Orleans mansion and discover its long history of ghostly hauntings. To get rid of them, both will have to work with very peculiar and different characters from each other.
Cast and production crew
As usual with Disney productions, this production has a first class cast. Leading the film we find Rosario Dawson (Seven souls), Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the black messiah), Tiffany Haddish (girls trip), Owen Wilson (Marry me), Danny DeVito (batman returns), Jamie Lee Curtis (everything everywhere at the same time) Jared Leto (the gucci house), and Chase W. Dillon (The Harder They Fall).
Directed by Justin Simien (Bad Hair: Cursed Beauty), while the script is in charge of Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters). Danlin (it) and Jonathan Eirich (aladdin) serve as the producers.
This Simien commented on what he seeks to contribute with his new version of this story. It is worth mentioning that Haunted Mansion it was previously adapted into a 2003 film starring Eddie Murphy. Also, the director worked at Disneyland for a summer, so he has experience with the attraction it’s based on.
“For me, there was something about that attraction that I felt was in the new script. It was fun and full of characters, but it had a dark edge to it. I just identified with it. I felt like I knew how to do it. I love New Orleans and felt like I had a responsibility to make sure all the Easter-eggs are there,” she commented (via Deadline).
Why is it worth taking a look?
Unlike the most recent Disney projects, Haunted Mansion promises us a story full of scares and an extremely interesting setting. Sure, it won’t lose its whimsy and family-friendly tone, but I’ll be curious to see how terrifying this new version will be, and if it turns out to be better than the one starring Eddie Murphy.
When it premieres Haunted Mansion?
The film will hit theaters in Mexico next July 27, 2023.
official poster
official trailer for Haunted Mansion
Juan Jose Cruz I am one of those who always defended Robert Pattinson as Batman and can see the same movie in the theater up to 7 times. My guilty pleasure? Low budget horror movie.