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Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, and 999 More Stars in Disney’s The Haunted Mansion
Jamie Lee Curtis announced at D23 that she would be playing Madame Leota in The Haunted Mansion, coming to theaters March 10, 2023. Also starring Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Danny Devito, Lakeith Stanfield, and Tiffany Haddish.

Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, and 999 More Stars in Disney’s The Haunted Mansion

Disneyland/Walt Disney World/Tokyo Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion is home to 999 happy haunts. Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, a new live-action film designed to memory-hole the Eddie Murphy one out of existence, has almost 999 happy actors in the cast. Directed by Dear White People’s Justin Simien and written by The Heat’s Katie Dippold, this new Haunted Mansion will star Rosario Dawson as a single mom who gets a deal too good to be true on a New Orleans mansion. And wouldn’t you know it? The dang thing is haunted! Dawson will enlist a priest (Owen Wilson), a psychic (Tiffany Haddish), a historian (Danny DeVito), and a paranormal expert (LaKeith Stanfield) to rid her home of the ghosts and ghoulies currently making her life hell. If it sounds suspiciously like the premise for 1963’s The Haunting, that is most likely by design. Imagineers referenced that film for many of the gags in the ride. Incidentally, Owen Wilson was in the 1999 version of The Haunting. He got his head chomped off by a big-ass ghost lion, which probably won’t happen again. What are the odds?

OK, SO TALK ABOUT A FREAKY FRIDAY!
Just attended @DisneyD23 and was a surprise for the fans of new film from The Haunted Mansion where I play Madame Leota? AND I RODE IN ON A DOOM BUGGY! SHUT UP! pic.twitter.com/Fj1AINutjm

— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) September 9, 2022

At D23, Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage in one of the ride’s iconic Doom Buggies to announce that she would be playing fan-favorite ride character Madame Leota. The head-in-a-crystal-ball was played by Jennifer Tilly in 2003. The trailer released at D23 also highlighted cameos from Winona Ryder, Hasan Minhaj, and Dan Levy. Jared Leto will play the Hatbox Ghost, a character with a cult-like fanbase. The Haunted Mansion will begin receiving guests in theaters March 10, 2023.

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