LOS ANGELES — Disney's upcoming horror comedy "Haunted Mansion" premiered Saturday with influencers and ghoulish costumed characters from the Disneyland theme-park attraction walking the red carpet instead of the film's Hollywood stars.
The live-action film — which stars LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chase Dillon, Daniel Levy and Jared Leto — premiered at the Disneyland Resort without its A-list cast, who sat out the event in solidarity with last week's call for a SAG-AFTRA actors' strike. The film's writer, Katie Dippold ("The Heat," "Ghostbusters"), also was not in attendance amid the WGA writers' strike, which has been underway since May.
At the festivities in Anaheim, the sweltering heat did not keep some of the guests from donning their ride-inspired finest. Besides those in period-specific garb — such as top hats and vests — attendees in costume as the attraction's infamous bride were spotted at New Orleans Square outside the stately mansion attraction where the red carpet was rolled out. "Haunted Mansion" director Justin Simien walked the red carpet with a billowing floor-length cape.
