After The Sequels, Disney Turns To Its Rides
Posted by Anon on Thu 21 Mar 2002 - 01:02
Proving their creative bankruptcy further, Disney's sequel-machine has apparently shown signs of running dry. So, instead of writing an original script, what do we get instead? Amusement park ride-themed movies!
Aside from The Country Bears due this summer 2002, Eddie Murphy is negotiating to star in "Haunted Mansion."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=579&u=/nm/20020319/en_nm/film_murphy_dc_2
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From what I've read, Disney never intended "Country Bears" to be anything more than a throwaway, possibly direct-to-video movie. But the results (thanks to Henson's puppets and the screenwriters) supposedly ended up being so successful that Disney's gone haywire, greenlighting a sequel as well as movies based on the "Haunted Mansion" and "Pirates of the Carribbean" rides. We'll see.
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