the Disney remake will be released in 2023

Remake of the film with Eddie Murphy

Disney has formalized the release date for The Haunted Houseremake of the fantasy that arrived in theaters in 2003. Filming of the new adaptation live action of the famous Disneyland attraction will start next October from Atlanta, while the theatrical release has been set for March 10, 2023. The creator of Dear White People, Justin Simien, will direct the film. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, producers of Aladdin (the live action version directed by Guy Ritchie), will produce the film with their Rideback. Katie Dippold (Parks and Recreation, Ghostbusters) wrote the most recent draft of the script. In the cast we will find Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson. The plot, of course, will focus on a family who moves inside the famous haunted house.

Phantom Manor | @Disneyland Paris

The haunted house: set the release date of the Disney remake

The attraction Haunted Mansion had already inspired a movie with Eddie Murphy, The haunted housein 2003. Directed by Rob Minkoffwas launched in the same year as the first Pirates of the Caribbean, The curse of the first moon. Only the second, however, made a great success. In fact, Disney seemed determined to adapt the attractions of its parks to the big screen, but since then only the Pirates saga has survived. The situation changed with the arrival in theaters of the film Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Bluntwhich proved so successful that it warranted a sequel.

The Phantom Manor hosted at Disneyland Paris and the European version of the attraction and is located in the thematic area Frontierland. Even if the inspiration of the attraction remains, clearly, the same as those present in the US parks, i Disney Imagineering have chosen to expand the mythology and history of the same by connecting it, directly, to that of Big Thunder Mountainthe roller coaster mine train overlooking the lake in front of the gloomy manor. The building is truly an important part of the park, which opened with the inauguration on April 12, 1992.