‘Haunted Mansion’ Disneyland Premiere Replaces Striking Stars With Mickey and Cruella

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Hannah Berner grew up dreaming of being a professional tennis player before becoming a viral sensation with comedy bits like “Han on the Street.” Nimesh Patel turned his experience with being diagnosed with testicular cancer into a heralded comedy special, “Lucky Lefty.” And Kurtis Conner was working at Starbucks when a frequent customer encouraged him to get into comedy. These were among the hilarious, surprising and touching revelations that emerged when Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2023 were celebrated with a panel discussion and cocktail reception sponsored by Cohen Gardner LLP at last week’s Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival.

The first trailer for the second season of Marvel Studios’ Loki, released Monday morning, has quickly hit a new milestone with it becoming the biggest online trailer debut ever for any series on Disney+ with 80 million views. The new season of Loki debuts on October 6. Season 1 remains Marvel Studios’ most watched series on Disney+.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When “Haunted Mansion” production designer Darren Gilford was working with director Justin Simien to bring the beloved Disney ride back to the big screen, he had a rather unique perspective. As a former Imagineering intern, Gilford had learned first-hand how the Disneyland attractions were conceived. Gilford’s design entry point for the film was a bible devoted to the ride from Imagineering.

The Haunted Mansion might not have won the box office this weekend, but it has a ton of quotable quotes!

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” had a strong weekend at the box office, debuting with just under $25 million in ticket sales. Now, fans of the movie — and the Disneyland theme park ride of the same name — can pick up the official “Haunted Mansion” board game, on sale for $26 on Amazon.com.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Disney opened “Haunted Mansion” in the heat of summer and months removed from the spookiest time of year. Whether the release date is connected, ticket sales were veering on scary as the comedic thriller debuted in third place to a lackluster $24 million. Competition was heightened as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” remained unexpectedly strong in their sophomore outings, collecting a combined $140 million over the weekend.

The Haunted Mansion has finally made it to the big screen!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When director Justin Simien was looking for a composer to score Disney’s “Haunted Mansion,” he called his frequent collaborator Kris Bowers. The two had worked together on “Dear White People” and Simien’s last feature, “Bad Hair.” “I’ve always wanted to have that relationship with the director where you work on a number of projects and develop this trust,” says Bowers. For their latest film, which opens in theaters July 28, Bowers pays homage to the Disney theme-park ride and its famous “Grim Grinning Ghosts” tune while making his mark on the feature.

Jordan Moreau “Barbenheimer” fever shows no signs of slowing down. The combined forces of Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” and Universal’s “Oppenheimer” are setting up another huge weekend at the box office, but Disney’s new release “The Haunted Mansion” will have to settle for third place. The kid-friendly horror film made $3.1 million in Thursday previews at the box office.

the execrable 2003 effort starring Eddie Murphy.Running time: 122 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some thematic elements and scary action.) In theaters July 28Twenty years later, the reboot directed by the talented Justin Simien (“Bad Hair”) is at least better than that aughts Hollywood horror show, if somehow 32 minutes longer.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Disney’s remake of “Haunted Mansion” opens on Friday in theaters, where it’ll face an opponent that’s much scarier than the threatening ghosts that populate the world of the supernatural comedy. That foe would be the collective force of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” which have spent the past week putting box office projections to shame. “Barbenheimer,” as the inextricably linked movies have been nicknamed, will loom large over North American charts as Disney’s new family film aims for third place.

We knew Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer were going to be big, but not this big.

The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The ride is set in a large, creaky mansion that is rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of its former residents. Riders are led through a series of rooms, each of which is decorated with creepy props and features a different ghostly encounter. Some of the most famous scenes in the ride include the Ballroom, where a group of ghosts are dancing, the Conservatory, where a casket floats in mid-air, and Madame Leota’s Séance Room, where a disembodied head floats in a crystal ball. Someone at Disney decided this was enough substance to turn this into a feature film. Not sure why.

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reboot is your speed, co-stars Rosario Dawson and LaKeith Stanfield are ready to explain why it's worth the watch. Much like the 2003 film of the same name,  is based on the Walt Disney theme park attraction. The supernatural comedy follows Gabbie (Dawson) and her son, Travis (Chase W.

Tiffany Haddish and Jamie Lee Curtis cannot get enough of each other! Speaking with ET ahead of the release of their  reboot, the co-stars shared that they're already thinking ahead to their next project together.When asked where she would want to go with Haddish on a trip, Curtis revealed that she and the  star have hatched a plan for a joint venture that will take them all the way to New York City. «You know, the best show business [often] comes from junkets, apparently.

Inspired by the classic theme park attraction is not necessarily what you want to hear when you’re hearing about a new movie, but the reality is they seemingly made a killer movie about “Barbie,” and “LEGO” and even the “Pirates Of The Caribbean” franchise was based on a theme park attraction so inspiration can strike in many forms and sometimes, our cynicism towards certain films isn’t warranted.

The red carpet premiere of Disney’s new movie Haunted Mansion took place this weekend, but none of the cast members were able to attend because of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

The premiere of Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” went ahead over the weekend, despite none of the movie’s biggest stars showing up on the red carpet.

The Haunted Mansion world premiere at Disneyland was the first major movie premiere affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike. None of the on-screen talent was at the event but director Justin Simien did address the elephant in the room.