The Haunted Mansion is celebrating its 45th anniversary and Disney Television is giving it a present. The studio has announced they are developing an animated special based on the popular ride.
Making it even more exiting is who they have tapped for the project. Gris Grimly has been named executive producer and art director.
Gris Grimly is an acclaimed horror genre artist and children’s book illustrator. He had spent the last several years attached to Guillermo del Toro’s* dark fantasy Pinocchio project but that was shelved in 2013 (supposedly do to Frankenweenie’s failure to perform).
Check out some of his concept art for that aborted film along with some illustrations from his Frankenstein book to get a feel for what the Haunted Mansion special may look like.
