''Haunted Mansion'' is an upcoming American supernatural horror

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directed by

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from a screenplay by

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and stars Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield,

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, Dan Levy, Jared Leto,

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, and

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. Produced by

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, the film is the second theatrical film adaptation of

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's theme park attraction of the same name, following the 2003 film. ''Haunted Mansion'' is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 11, 2023.

Premise

A single mom named Gabbie and her 9-year-old son, who are looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for help, they contact a priest, who, in turn, enlists the aid of a widowed scientist-turned-failed-paranormal expert, a French Quarter psychic, and a crotchety historian to help exorcise the mansion.

Cast

* Rosario Dawson as Gabbie, a single mother * LaKeith Stanfield as Ben Matthias, a paranormal expert *

as Kent, a priest *

as Harriet, a psychic *

as Bruce, a college history professor * Jared Leto as Alistair Crump/Hatbox Ghost *

as Madame Leota * Chase Dillon as Travis, Gabbie's son *

* Dan Levy *

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Production

Development

In July 2010, it was announced that a reboot adaptation based on

The Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The haunted house attraction features a ride-through tour in Omnimover vehicles called "Doom Buggies", and a walk-through show is display ...

was in development for

, with Guillermo del Toro as writer and producer. Del Toro stated the project would not take place in a real-world setting, but in a heightened reality. He revealed that the Hatbox Ghost would be one of the main characters, and said the movie would be "scary and fun at the same time, but the scary will be scary." In June 2011,

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Imagineer Jason Surrell was brought onto the project as a creative consultant. In August 2012, del Toro submitted the final draft of his script to Walt Disney Studios, intended for a PG-13 rating. By July 2013, del Toro announced he was no longer the project's director, but remained as co-writer and executive producer. In April 2015, Ryan Gosling was in early negotiations to star, while D.V. DeVincentis was hired to rewrite the script. In September 2016, Brigham Taylor was hired as producer. In August 2020, it was announced that

signed on to write a new screenplay for the film, after it was decided that del Toro's script was too scary for family audiences.

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and Jonathan Eirich were hired as producers. The project will be a joint-venture production between Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback. By April 2021,

entered early-negotiations to direct the film, and was officially confirmed as director by July 2021.

Casting

, LaKeith Stanfield,

, Rosario Dawson, and

were each cast to appear in the film. In July 2022,

and Jared Leto were revealed to have been cast. During the 2022 D23 Expo presentation, it was revealed that

, Dan Levy, and

were cast.

Filming

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ran from mid-October 2021 to late February 2022 in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

and

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

. On January 14, 2022, Haddish got into legal trouble after being arrested on a DUI charge as filming for the movie was still taking place in Georgia.

Visual effects

The visual effects and

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will be handled by

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Release

The film is scheduled for release on August 11, 2023. It was previously scheduled for March 10, 2023.

References

External links

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