Today at Comic-Con, Guillermo del metformin hydrochloride 500 mg Toro surprised thousands of attendees by announcing that he’s partnering with Disney to create a scary, fun, Eddie Murphy-less adaptation of the legendary theme park ride, The Haunted Mansion.
“Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy. After all, Disney himself was the father of some really chilling moments and characters – think Chernabog from Fantasia or Maleficent as the Dragon or the Evil Queen in Snow White,” said del Toro. “I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of my own adaptation of the original theme park attraction Walt envisioned and that remains- for me- the most desirable piece of real estate in the whole world!”
“Millions of people from around the world visit The Haunted Mansion each year, but no one has ever had a tour guide like Guillermo del Toro,” said Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “Guillermo is one of the most gifted and innovative filmmakers working today and he is going to take audiences on a visually-thrilling journey like they’ve never experienced before.”
I’ll be honest; I actually never saw the Eddie Murphy film, but if it’s anything like the non-Dreamgirls work he’s done since he gave us the first Shrek and The Nutty Professor, I can only assume the worst, but anything with Guillermo del Toro’s involvement immediately has my interest piqued, so hopefully, it’ll lean more into that Hellboy realm of horror mixing with fun, or even more ideally, Pan’s Labyrinth territory, than Splice‘s.
Look for the The Haunted Mansion to scare up box office in 3D in the not-so-distant future.
