'Magic Kingdom' Movie Given a Green Light

[disneyphilip]

I think this will make for an interesting movie.

[summertime]

Does anyone have any news about auditions? I would love to audition for it.

[garryz]

Can't wait for the movie. What's happening with the new haunted mansion movie. Still going to happen?

[weepstah]

A pretty good summation here - I like the fact that Favreau is not thinking about this as Night at the Mouse-eum. Not saying it couldn't end up that way, but it should be interesting.

Michael Chabon Will Make 'Magic' With Jon Favreau

[the7thAve]

A pretty good summation here - I like the fact that Favreau is not thinking about this as Night at the Mouse-eum. Not saying it couldn't end up that way, but it should be interesting.

Michael Chabon Will Make 'Magic' With Jon Favreau

I'm actually looking forward to this now. I've read almost everything Chabon has written and have thoroughly enjoyed them all.

[DopeyDancer87]

My only fear is that it will be ridiculed for being too much like "Night at the Museum"...otherwise, I love the idea!

[Zipadeedooda]

One question. Is this going to be based off of Disneyland or Walt Disney World?

[weepstah]

As far as I can tell, it's definitely Disneyland.

[TowerTony]

Let's see...hmmmmm. Captain Jack Sparrow riding the TTA? Mickey trying to put things back together again before sun-up? Darth Vader getting stuck on the Jungle Cruise? Disney Princesses on a shopping spree on Main Street? The possibilities are endless! I hope they let their imaginations run wild!

[nicholas]

Director Jon Favreau and Walt Disney Pictures plan to produce and release a film concerning a family at Disneyland which finds the theme park characters and attractions coming to life.[8]

Favreau, who said "the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to" and that Disney movies and attractions "made a deep impression on me as a child", noted that, "When I first heard about the ['Magic Kingdom' film] project, I was on my way to visit Disneyland with my family. I took notes and had no problem filling a book with all the ideas that this concept offered, even on first blush."[9]

Marc Abraham and Eric Newman of Strike Entertainment are scheduled to produce the film.[8] Writer-producer Ronald D. Moore had previously written an original script for the project, which the studio eventually declined to use, stating that Favreau and a new screenwriter will develop a new script.[8] On June 20, 2011, Novelist, Michael Chabon signed on to write the film's script.

[ohiodisneydad]

I feel pretty bad for Kingdom Keepers fans and Ridley Pearson. This screams of Kingdom Keepers.