Danny DeVito officially joined the cast of the new attraction-inspired film Disney of the Haunted Mansion. The actor will thus join Rosario Dawson and Owen Wilson (who seems to have decreed the postponement of the 2 Single a Wedding sequel in this way) in the cast of this new remake, and we also know who he will play.
Danny DeVito will play a professor in the new Disney movie about the Haunted Mansion
According to what was reported by the The Hollywood Reporter, who first broke the news, DeVito will play the role of a professor in the film, although we do not know if it will be a ghost or a character still … alive.
Justin Simien (Dear White People And Bad Hair) will direct the film, which should start shooting by the end of October in Atlanta. This is his first film in a high-budget studio and he will direct the film based on a script written by Katie Dippold.
There are no details to share with you about the new film yet, but what has been revealed is that it will follow “A family that moves into the villa. However, it is the characters around that core who will have a large portion of the moonlight shining on them ”. Which, in fact, isn’t much.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the Disney remake of Aladdin, are producing the film which, at the moment, does not yet have a release date on the calendar.
