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Disney Preps Film Based On Matterhorn Ride
Walt Disney Pictures is in the early stages of pre-production on their next ride-to-film endeavor. They've snagged commercial director Brian Beletic and tasked him with his first big screen assignment: turning the popular Disneyland ride The Matterhorn into a blockbuster. The film's basic plot will revolve around a group of young explorers, with various skill sets, who are brought to the wilderness of the Pennine Alps in order to traverse one of the very last frontiers; snowboarding, skiing, and mountaineering ensues. The big feather in Beletic's cap at the moment is his direction of Nike's "Human Chain" campaign and his co-founding of the production company Smuggler. Beletic will be working from a script written by Jason Dean Hall ('Spread'). No word yet as to casting or when production might begin.
If this story had broken ten years ago, we'd have laughed in Disney's face. But after the enormous commercial success of 'The Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise, and the high quality of at least the first film, we can't write this off on principal. However, Disney does not have carte blanche when it comes to adapting their theme park rides to film, I think 'The Haunted Mansion' stands as powerful evidence of that. It also instills very little confidence that Disney refuses to hire an even remotely experienced director for this project. Is it too much to ask that the person they shove into the director's chair have at least one feature film under his/her belt? In addition to Beletic, they've also contracted Brain Farm Cinema, makers of the extreme snowboarding film 'Art of Flight,' as production consultants. Couple this with the fragment of a plot we've been given and it seems clear that Disney needs to decide if they're making a Matterhorn movie or just 'Extreme Ops 2.'
What do you guys think? Do you hold out any hope that this might be good?
Source: Deadline
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Comment by Luke Hero on January 12, 2012 at 11:30pm -
It's Disney, they could still pull off a pretty good matinee type film under these conditions
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Comment by rap battle guide on January 12, 2012 at 2:55am -
Agreed. Gotta have an Abominable Snowman in the movie. No yeti = Lame.
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Comment by Pathosis on January 12, 2012 at 2:50am -
You know what this means now...The theme park attraction/ride will possibly receive a facelift or alterations made to some degree, to fit with the theme of the film. Similar to what they did to the 'Pirates' ride. Not that I'm complaining. I mean, when was the last time that ride got a major update?...If at all.
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Comment by Jose Neveready on January 11, 2012 at 7:34pm -
They need a YETI, other wise what makes this different from a Warren Miller Doc.?
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Comment by Brad Holt on January 10, 2012 at 12:42pm -
I can kind of see a movie. They have a yeti, that could play a factor. If they have something imaginative I'm all for it.
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Comment by Mr. Jeri NoVa on January 10, 2012 at 7:31am -
I dunno here. Commercials are a different pace than a full length feature by far. While I love snowboarding and 'The Art of Flight' documentary, I dosed off on it numerous times. Maybe Disney's shot callers are just getting old! We need a Mickey reality show where he's a power freak and he's always standing up Minnie for his business deals and law suites in China.
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on January 10, 2012 at 12:22am -
Took them long enough. I mean, the idea could be okay. Hell, I liked the German movie North Face, but the fact they don't want people with quality experience behind it doesn't instill confidence.
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Comment by Mr. Jumbo on January 9, 2012 at 8:59pm -
Ugh Fuck
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Comment by Headphones on January 9, 2012 at 4:26pm -
I'm looking forward to it. Matterhorn is a classic ride, one of my favorite rides at the park. I'm sure they'll do fine with it.
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Comment by AdventChild on January 9, 2012 at 4:13pm -
What's next? A Big Thunder Mountain RailRoad Ride Movie? A Splash Mountain Movie?Scratch that. Better not give them any ideas.
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