00:00Danny DeVito is the latest actor to join the all-star cast of Disney's Haunted Mansion.
00:06DeVito, whose last big screen studio appearance was in 2019's Jumanji The Next Level,
00:11is coming on board for the project which has already tapped stars like Lakeith Stanfield,
00:15Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, and Rosario Dawson.
00:18Meanwhile, Justin Simeon, who previously helmed Dear White People and Bad Hair,
00:23is making his big-budget studio debut on Mansion,
00:26which began production last week in New Orleans and Atlanta.
00:28The film is a ghostly family adventure based on one of the company's signature theme park rides.
00:34The spooky mystery will follow a mother and her son who come across a mansion
00:38that is more than it seems while being surrounded by various characters.
00:42While exact details are being kept under wraps in regards to the plot,
00:45we do know that DeVito will be playing a smug professor.
00:49Elsewhere, DeVito is said to reunite with star Arnold Schwarzenegger for Triplets,
00:53a sequel to the 1988 comedy hit Twins.
00:56The project, decade-long in the making, is gearing up for a winter production start
01:00with Tracy Morgan added to the mix.
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