Disney Unveils “Haunted Mansion,” Halfway to Halloween Updates

It’s almost Spooky Season! Yes, we know it’s not even May yet, but Halloween is right around the corner. So much so that Disney and Disney Parks Blog have announced some of their big plans for 2022.

As we know, Walt Disney Pictures has a new “Haunted Mansion” film on the way. It stars LaKeith Stanfield (“Knives Out”), Tiffany Haddish (“Bad Trip”), Owen Wilson (“Loki”), Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson (“Ahsoka“), and Chase Dillon. Justin Simien (“Bad Hair,”) “Dear White People”) wrote and directed “Haunted Mansion.” Nick Reynolds (“Easter Sunday”) and Tom Peitzman (“The Lion King”) are executive producing, with Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (“Aladdin”) producing.

Disney released an official title treatment:

As well as a synopsis:

In this mysterious adventure, a doctor (Dawson) and her 9-year-old son (Dillon), 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 (Wilson), who, in turn, enlists the aid of a widowed scientist-turned failed-paranormal expert (Stanfield), a French Quarter psychic (Haddish) and a crotchety historian (DeVito).

AND, a release date!

“Haunted Mansion” will hit theaters March 10th, 2023.