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Muppets Haunted Mansion Brings Family-Friendly Felt Fear For Fall Posted on One of the things we love about covering television is that there isn't a day that goes by where we don't end up being surprised by something. On Friday, The Walt Disney Company did just that when they announced that The Muppets would be visiting the iconic Disneyland staple The Haunted Mansion for the Halloween-themed Disney+ special Muppets Haunted Mansion. Aside from the trick and treats that await viewers, what already widened our eyes was the fact that this will be The Muppets' first-ever Halloween special. Th...

Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (“Aladdin”) are producing Beatrice Verhoeven | April 22, 2021 @ 3:23 PM Disney has picked up the rights to the 2005 Broadway musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and will adapt it into a live-action film, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the 2019 live-action “Aladdin” for the studio, will produce via their Rideback banner. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will executive produce. The musical follows several competitors competing in a spelling bee. Composer William Finn’s musical o...

Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Joan Marcus Anyone who likes to laugh and likes to spell got some good news this week: Disney is at work on a film adaptation of the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who oversaw the live-action Aladdin in 2019, will produce with Ryan Halprin as executive producer. The trio will operate through Lin and Eirich's production company Rideback. A creative team and cast will be revealed later. Jose Llana and ca...

Can you use  The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in a sentence? Disney can — the studio is developing a live-action feature film adaptation of the hit Tony-winning Broadway musical with the producers of the live-action  Aladdin remake set to produce. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is closing a deal to acquire the rights to the acclaimed Broadway show  The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to develop it into a live-action movie adaptation. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced Disney’s live-action  Aladdin remake to billion-dollar box office success, are ...

'Dear White People' Filmmaker Justin Simien to Direct Disney's 'Haunted Mansion' Remake Rebecca Rubin, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Justin Simien, the director of “Dear White People” and “Bad Hair,” has been tapped to direct Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion” remake. Though taking inspiration from the spooky theme park ride, plot details have been kept under wraps for the upcoming live-action movie. The Haunted Mansion theme park ride, which first opened in 1969, takes guests through a ghostly manor, where strange sounds and deceased inhabitants abound. It’s one of the only a...