Post by genie on Jul 22, 2010 12:27:16 GMT -8
Guys, this is awesome, AWESOME news to come out of Comic-con. I am atwitter right now. GUILLERMO DEL TORO, I (freaking) LOVE YOU.
As a surprise at the end of the Tron: Legacy panel Disney had a big announcement to make: they're rebooting The Haunted Mansion, and Guillermo del Toro is going to be directing it. I know, I was surprised too. Not just that, but del Toro himself took the stage to talk about his plans for the reboot, promising that the movie will be "truly scary" and if you take the children to see the movie, "they will scream." The film will be live action and in 3D (ugh, of course), and they showed off the first logo for the film, which is just a green and spooky looking "HM," and the first image of "The Hatbox Ghost," which del Toro says they're hoping to make the linchpin of the film.
Del Toro talked about his length about his memories of visiting the original Disneyland attraction as a child, and emphasized that he wants to be truer to it than Disney's earlier attempt to cash in: "We're being true to the original art and aesthetic or the original Imagineers who created the mansion. We are not returning Eddie Murphy's calls." He continued, "To me the mansion has to become the haunted house movie that a generation remembers and loves after being created by us."
What's brilliant about this is that, especially with the earlier bit with Jack Sparrow, everyone was expecting Tim Burton to be brought out as the Haunted Mansion director. Picking del Toro instead didn't just defy the Hall H expectations, but also gives the movie a fair chance of being worth watching. Del Toro knows from the scary and the fantastical, and if he promises that this movie will actually be scary, I'm inclined to believe him.
Concept Art of the movie's Hatbox Ghost:
Source: www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Con-Guillermo-Del-Toro-Will-Be-Rebooting-The-Haunted-Mansion-19741.html[/i]
As a person who was QUITE bitterly displeased with the first attempt of a movie about the Haunted Mansion...this...renews my hope for a GOOD one. Comments? Anyone?
As a surprise at the end of the Tron: Legacy panel Disney had a big announcement to make: they're rebooting The Haunted Mansion, and Guillermo del Toro is going to be directing it. I know, I was surprised too. Not just that, but del Toro himself took the stage to talk about his plans for the reboot, promising that the movie will be "truly scary" and if you take the children to see the movie, "they will scream." The film will be live action and in 3D (ugh, of course), and they showed off the first logo for the film, which is just a green and spooky looking "HM," and the first image of "The Hatbox Ghost," which del Toro says they're hoping to make the linchpin of the film.
Del Toro talked about his length about his memories of visiting the original Disneyland attraction as a child, and emphasized that he wants to be truer to it than Disney's earlier attempt to cash in: "We're being true to the original art and aesthetic or the original Imagineers who created the mansion. We are not returning Eddie Murphy's calls." He continued, "To me the mansion has to become the haunted house movie that a generation remembers and loves after being created by us."
What's brilliant about this is that, especially with the earlier bit with Jack Sparrow, everyone was expecting Tim Burton to be brought out as the Haunted Mansion director. Picking del Toro instead didn't just defy the Hall H expectations, but also gives the movie a fair chance of being worth watching. Del Toro knows from the scary and the fantastical, and if he promises that this movie will actually be scary, I'm inclined to believe him.
Concept Art of the movie's Hatbox Ghost:
Source: www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Con-Guillermo-Del-Toro-Will-Be-Rebooting-The-Haunted-Mansion-19741.html[/i]
As a person who was QUITE bitterly displeased with the first attempt of a movie about the Haunted Mansion...this...renews my hope for a GOOD one. Comments? Anyone?
