After a supporting turn as Mobius in Marvel’s Loki, Disney is back in the Owen Wilson business. The actor is set to star in the studio’s Haunted Mansion, a new movie based off of the company’s popular theme park ride. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Wilson joins a cast that already includes LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish. Reports describe it as an ensemble production.
Director Justin Simien is helming the production, which will begin shooting in Atlanta in October. The filmmaker is coming off of his directorial debut Dear White People and the 2020 horror movie Bad Hair. Ghostbusters and The Heat writer Katie Dippold is penning the adaptation.
Haunted Mansion will be the latest Disney film based off of one of the company’s theme park rides. This summer, the studio’s Jungle Cruise grossed $193.7 million at the global box office, along with additional profits from its release on Disney Plus’ Premier Access program. A sequel has already been confirmed.
A movie based on Haunted Mansion was first released in 2003. The Eddie Murphy-starring comedy was a modest box office success, grossing $182.3 million worldwide against a reported production budget of $90 million.
In our review of the series premiere of Loki, IGN gave the episode a 7, saying that “Wilson and [Tom] Hiddleston have stellar comedic chemistry.” The actor can next be seen in Wes Anderson’s next film The French Dispatch in October.
For more on Disney’s upcoming slate, read our complete rundown of the studio’s line-up of live-action remakes.
J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.