There is more casting news for Disney’s upcoming live-action reboot of The Haunted Mansion, which announced its first casting back in July. Now, the film, which is based on the wonderfully macabre Disney theme park ride of the same name, has two new names attached.
Joining Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah) and Tiffany Haddish (TV’s Solar Opposites, Night School) is Rosario Dawson (The Mandalorian, Sin City) and Owen Wilson (Loki, Zoolander). This will continue the actors’ careers with Disney, as Dawson had a starring role in The Mandalorian as Ahsoka Tano while Wilson had a starring role in Marvel’s Loki as Mobius.
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The reboot will be directed by Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair), who is also working on episode one of the Star Wars: Lando miniseries, and written by Katie Dippold (2016’s Ghostbusters, TV’s Parks and Recreation). Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced Disney’s Aladdin live-action remake, are producing The Haunted Mansion under their Rideback banner.
The film starts filming this fall in Louisiana, and will follow Stanfield, in the role of “a lonely widower, who once believed in the powers of the supernatural, but now works as a haunted tour guide in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Haddish will play a medium hired to communicate with the dead in the mansion.”
The news of Owen Wilson’s casting comes to us from THR. The news of Rosario Dawson’s casting comes to us from Deadline.
In addition to this casting news, Disney announced Muppets Haunted Mansion, releasing October 8th on Disney+. Starring all our favorite Muppets, the special is part of the Hallowstream lineup on the streaming service, which kicks off October 1st.
The previous Haunted Mansion live-action film released in 2003 under Walt Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures. The film starred Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, and Jennifer Tilly. Directed by Rob Minkoff (Lion King, Stuart Little) with a $90 million budget, the film brought $182.3 million into the box office.
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