News Hatbox Ghost coming to Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion

[yensidtlaw1969]

I keep forgetting their is a new HM movie being released this year.

Typical Disney movie marketing. They think they can slide on name recog alone. Better start dropping some teasers.

I sort of get the impression they don't have full confidence in it. They did test screenings late last summer and showed a clip at D23 that never saw wide release, and somewhere around that time moved the release from this March to this August. There are a lot of reasons that could be, but considering they have some big name talent in the movie you'd think they'd promote the heck out of it if they thought it was gonna do gangbusters.

I have to think if it doesn't hit big theatrically they'll drop it on Disney+ just in time for Halloween.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Even crazier that it’s apparently been done for awhile now.

I thought I saw something recently indicating that Justin Simien was still tinkering with it, though I don't remember what. It did seem like it was mostly finished by last August, though. You wonder if the feedback they got led to reshoots or something. Though there are a lot of reasons to push back a movie's release.

Desperately waiting for a teaser or stills or something . . . I've heard from somebody who worked on the sets that they are fittingly spectacular.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Desperately waiting for a teaser or stills or something . . . I've heard from somebody who worked on the sets that they are fittingly spectacular.

The sets in the 2003 movie were good too, but it sounds like once again they've missed the mark.

Should have just let del Toro do his thing.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The sets in the 2003 movie were good too, but it sounds like once again they've missed the mark.

Should have just let del Toro do his thing.

As long as there’s no Eddie Murphy.

Maybe they’ve added Dwayne Johnson. He fixes everything.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

The sets in the 2003 movie were good too, but it sounds like once again they've missed the mark.

Should have just let del Toro do his thing.

I agree, they were beautiful. I'd probably watch the movie on mute if it weren't for the also-wonderful score by Mark Mancina.

I mean, come on:

The only glimpse of the sets for the new Haunted Mansion movie that I've seen are this tiny screenshot from a video on Justin Simien's Instagram:

Spoiler: It's not really a Spoiler, but it does reveal that a particular room from the Mansion is sure to be featured in the new film:

 

[MisterPenguin]

Where would they put him? Attic? Library? I hope not the latter as I like the rule of no completly visible ghosts until Madame Leota.

You mean the scene in which a clearly visible ghost in a crystal ball asks ghosts to appear?

 

[Touchdown]

A ghost of a magical person who only appears as a disembodied head in an enchanted object? Yes.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

You mean the scene in which a clearly visible ghost in a crystal ball asks ghosts to appear?

Madame Leota is arguably not a ghost.

 

[MagicWDI]

The sets in the 2003 movie were good too, but it sounds like once again they've missed the mark.

Should have just let del Toro do his thing.

As long as Del Taco returns the font

 

[MisterPenguin]

Madame Leota is arguably not a ghost.

Then let's argue it!!

She's a ghost!!

 

[GhostHost1000]

I’ll be shocked if this ever happens.

Still has more of a chance than them ever fixing the yeti though.

 

[drizgirl]

I’ll be shocked if this ever happens.

Still has more of a chance than them ever fixing the yeti though.

If they actually do it, they have to stop including it in their short list of fun new things coming to the parks. Then they'd have to come up with something else to list for years and years.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I’ll be shocked if this ever happens.

Still has more of a chance than them ever fixing the yeti though.

The figure won’t just be thrown in the dumpster.

 

[GhostHost1000]

The figure won’t just be thrown in the dumpster.

Good. I guess there’s no room left after the Spectromagic floats, Splash characters, and Harmonious barges.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Good. I guess there’s no room left after the Spectromagic floats, Splash characters, and Harmonious barges.

I thought we were just sinking Harm to develop the world’s first fresh water coral reef?

 

[GhostHost1000]

I thought we were just sinking Harm to develop the world’s first fresh water coral reef?

That’s a good idea. Less effort to destroy. Disney could sell extra tickets for Epcot’s “Illuminight of Explosions”

 

[ToTBellHop]

That’s a good idea. Less effort to destroy. Disney could sell extra tickets for Epcot’s “Illuminight of Explosions”

I’d pay.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The figure won’t just be thrown in the dumpster.

He'll be appearing nightly...

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

Typical Disney movie marketing. They think they can slide on name recog alone. Better start dropping some teasers.

Given the Tiffany Haddish news theyre understandably reticent

 

[zipadee999]

On the Disney Parks instagram page it was just announced that several announcements are to be made tomorrow and a photo of the haunted mansion was included. Do we think we might finally get an installation date for Hattie?