Take a ride to the other side with the latest trailer and poster for Disney’s latest attempt at bringing the world of Haunted Mansion to the big screen. Released courtesy of Walt Disney Studios, the latest look at this adaptation of a theme park ride puts the stellar cast at its center and teases the fun and the terror that will be on display. Check out the newly released trailer and poster for Haunted Mansion below...
Inspired by the classic Disney theme park attraction, Haunted Mansion follows a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. This so-called motley crew take center stage in the latest poster for Haunted Mansion...and look they might be a little out of their depth.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Justin Simien (Dear White People), Haunted Mansion features an all-star ensemble cast including Rosario Dawson (Clerks III, The Mandalorian) as Gabbie, Chase Dillon (The Harder They Fall) as Travis, Gabbie's son; Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers, Loki) as Kent, the priest; LaKeith Stanfield (Knives Out, Sorry to Bother You) as Ben Matthias, the paranormal expert; Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) as Harriet, the psychic; Danny DeVito (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Bruce, a college history professor; and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Madame Leota.
The likes of Winona Ryder, Dan Levy, and Hasan Minhaj will also feature, with Jared Leto set to star as The Hatbox Ghost.
Haunted Mansion Will Work Hard Not to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past
As many will no doubt already know, this is not the first time that Walt Disney Studios has attempted to transform the Haunted Mansion ride into a cinematic classic. This first effort was tried twenty years ago and stars comedic legend Eddie Murphy alongside the likes of Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, and Jennifer Tilly. The movie, titled The Haunted Mansion, again finds a group trapped inside the titular spooky abode. Sadly, the critical response was far more terrifying than the movie, and currently sits at a rotten 14% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
But Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien is not afraid. Far from it, in fact. The filmmaker has looked to the original attempt for what not to do. As he explains, “[We looked at Eddie Murphy’s Haunted Mansion for how we could] go awry. We got down to the point where we were obsessing over the angle you first see the mansion when you walk onto the ride in Disneyland, when we see it through the gates and we see the pillars. That angle has to hit. That's how specific we were. When you first glide through the dining hall and you see the waltzing dancers, that angle had to be right, because that's the one where you gasp on the ride.”
Haunted Mansion is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 28, 2023, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.