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THE HAUNTED MANSION Movie Adds First Mortals
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Haunted Mansion film is letting in its first mortal residents. Announced via
Deadline, the upcoming movie about the beloved and iconic Disney attraction has signed on its first cast members, LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish. Stanfield garnered an Oscar nomination for his work in Judas and the Black Messiah. And Haddish needs no introduction. Justin Simien is directing.
This is, of course, the second film from Disney based in the Haunted Mansion. The first came out in 2003, starring Eddie Murphy. But it didn’t light the world on fire, and everyone felt a better version of this movie was still waiting to happen. For a while, Guillermo del Toro was attached to a Haunted Mansion movie that centered on the infamous Hatbox Ghost. But like many a del Toro project, it never made it past announcement stages.
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