Haunted Mansion reboot on the way (Guillermo del Toro)

[Dream]

UPDATE: Walt Disney Pictures has informed us that del Toro is NOT confirmed to direct yet. At this point, he is only signed to co-write and produce the project.

Guillermo del Toro made a surprise announcement at Disney's panel for Tron Legacy that he will next co-write, produce and direct a 3D The Haunted Mansion reboot.

A teaser was shown with a very brief narration about the haunted house over animation that looked to be either done by Mike Mignola or Mignola-inspired. Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, also illustrated a poster for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

"We are not returning Eddie Murphy's calls," del Toro said, making a surprise appearance onstage, "...and we are not making it a comedy... We are making it scary and fun, but the scary will be scary."

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68174

Disney has officially ran out of ideas! I guess it won't be hard for the remake to better than the original...

 

[Nerys Myk]

Let me know when they make "Space Mountian".

 

[Chris3123]

Good. I love the ride and all the mythology about it. The Murphy movie was crap, and definitely did not do the ride justice.

 

[Dream]

With Guillermo del Toro involved, at least we know that the ghosts will be cool.

 

[Jack Bauer]

They screwed the pooch on the first one so I hope they do it right this time.

 

[Admiral_Young]

This could be cool but I was honestly hoping for something either original from him or Hellboy 3.

 

[Mr Light]

Didn't he already have like five or ten announced projects he was going to make like the Mountains of Madness?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

In a world where the horribly inefficient drag-racer based public transportation system that replaced the previous PeopleMover breaks down every half an hour and creates massive lines, there's only one man who can fix the gridlock; a hero who doesn't like to play by the traffic rules. Walt Disney Pictures presents: Rocket Rods, the Movie.

Haunted Mansion didn't need one movie, much less two, though at least del Toro can perhaps pull off a more serious take on it. Funnily enough, I had completely forgotten about the Eddie Murphy movie and was confused at first when the title said "reboot."

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Let me know when they make "Space Mountian".

I wanna see It's a Small World After All, starring Ben Stiller and a cast of midgets.

Or the Teacups. I've always feared and loathed the Teacups ever since they made me throw up when I was six.

 

[Aragorn]

Let me know when they make "Space Mountian".

Screw that. PeopleMover: The Movie!