Disney is hiring Jared Leto and Jamie Lee Curtis to film The Haunted Mansion, based on the ride of the same name.
Already as part of Rosario Dawson (“Sin City”, “Top Five”, “The Mandalorian”), Owen Wilson (“The Internship”, “Mary Me”, “Loki”), LaKate Stanfield (“Atlanta”, “Get Out”, “Knives Out”), Danny DeVito (“When in Rome”, “Wiener-Dog, Jumanji: The Next Level) and Tiffany Haddish (Tuca & Bertie, The Afterparty, The Last OG), the cast of the Haunted Mansion series is replenished with Jared Leto, who will play The Hatbox Ghost, and Jamie Lee Curtis, interpreter for Madame Leota, a medium whose head is in a crystal ball.
Hitchhiking Actors Beware: Disney’s Haunted Mansion added Jared Leto and Jamie Lee Curtis as iconic characters from the classic road trip. https://t.co/11Yq7TDY1f
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 2, 2022
Justin Simien is directing a new adaptation of the classic Disney attraction. From screenwriter Kathy Dippold (Heat, Ghostbusters) revolves around a mother who moves into her New Orleans mansion and tries to exorcise the happy ghosts. The Haunted Mansion movie will release on March 10, 2023.
History of the haunted house at Disney
The Haunted Mansion opened at California Disneyland in 1969, years after it was originally designed by Walt Disney as a walking attraction. It then evolved into a carousel that takes visitors through a Louisiana home filled with the supernatural. Later releases in other parks deviated slightly from theme and location, with the Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland releases featuring more show scenes, longer drive times, and a gothic aesthetic, while the Disneyland Paris version is about a ruined American house. border.