Guillermo del Toro appears to have found a lead for his take on Walt Disney Pictures’ The Haunted Mansion in none other than Drive and Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling. TheWrap has the news, reporting that Gosling is currently in talks to play the film’s lead.
“[T]wo weeks ago, I went back to Disneyland with the executives with whom I am developing the screenplay,” del Toro said of the project in a Reddit AMA last fall. “It’s a hard screenplay to crack. We’ve done it a few times. We are on our third or fourth draft, with 2 different writing teams, and I think the main thing is to try to combine everything that is great about the ride into the movie, and to make it a really intense but with a sense of fun – just like the ride… I have to believe that Disney will make this movie as soon as we crack the screenplay, but until then we cannot tackle it… We always feel like we are very close, but not yet.”
It appears that those screenplay troubles have since been worked out and that The Haunted Mansion is finally moving forward! Check back for confirmation on Gosling’s involvement any additional casting information as soon as it becomes available.
This week also marks the release of Gosling’s own feature film directorial debut, Lost River, which arrives tomorrow, April 10 in theaters in New York and Los Angeles and will also be available via VOD. ComingSoon.net recently had the opportunity to sit down with Gosling and stars Saoirse Ronan and Iain De Caestecker for an extended interview at SXSW. If you missed it, you can check it out right here!
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