The Haunted Mansion is being REMADE! :)

All I can say is: THANK GOD!!

Following the major success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Disney immediately green-lit a film based on another classic and extremely popular attraction in their theme parks: The Haunted Mansion.

It sucked.

The film, starring Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Tilly as the woman with her head in the globe, cost $90 million to make and they only brought in $76 million domestically. However, it did bring in an extra $106 million overseas so it's grand total came to $182 million. I'd consider that a major flop in my opinion. Especially when the first Pirates did over $600 million.

The movie wasn't taken as seriously as it should've been. They put together a basic story, brought it a well-known comedian, and filmed a non-scary movie. It was lame. And the comedy of the film overpowered the terror. Which it shouldn't have. The film needs to be scary. The Haunted Mansion attraction is Disney's one-uping the common amusement park's haunted house. It's a million times better.

Well... twist in the story right here... Guillermo del Toro (who turned down The Hobbit and filmed such movies as The Hellboy movies and the amazing Pan's Labyrinth) will be producing the film on top of WRITING and DIRECTING! YES! He announced this at Comic-Con after promotions for TRON: Legacy.

This is such good news. If you haven't seen his movies, expect this new Haunted Mansion to be good! ...and pretty creepy. His monsters are pretty strange. I knew that this movie would eventually be remade, but I didn't think it would be this soon or have this director attached.

Good job Disney, you're now starting to seem less money focused you greedy bastards! Just kidding. :) Just make sure you make the mansion the Disney World one. I'm not fond of Disneyland's. It's not as creepy!

Now if only they would get to work on Jungle Cruise. They said it was going to be made and I read that probably 7 years ago when Pirates one came out. Go ahead, search it. Go to IMDb.com and search "Jungle Cruise." The first thing listed will be Jungle Cruise (2012). Trust me, don't count on it coming out by then. They've been pushing the date back for years!