Disney's Failed Next Big Thing: Haunted Mansion
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Since the early 2000s Disney has been trying everything in their power to recapture the magic of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. With numerous failed attempts at a new franchise they accidentally created a new sub-genre of films in the process, a sub-genre I like to call the “Failed Next Big Thing”.
These are movies that Disney dumped tons of money into making, but more often than not they failed both at the box office and with critics. This is a very spooky episode, as I cover the 2023 film Haunted Mansion. In this video essay I examine the film to see what went wrong, and offer some of my theories on why this film failed to relaunch the franchise like it was supposed to.
Failed Next Big Thing Playlist:
• Disney's Failed Next Big Thing
Music Attribution:
"Apero Hour" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
"Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
"Smooth Lovin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
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References:
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ma...
https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-...
https://collider.com/haunted-mansion-...
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/haun...
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/t...
Other Misc Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-de...
https://collider.com/justice-league-d...
https://variety.com/2015/film/news/ry...
https://www.thewrap.com/ryan-gosling-...
https://collider.com/new-haunted-mans...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mov...
https://onetakenews.com/2022/07/30/ja...
https://www.ilm.com/vfx/haunted-mansion/
https://www.dneg.com/show/haunted-man...
https://www.slashfilm.com/1354537/rea...