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Jon Favreau: Guillermo and I are both
One of the projects that we are developing just so happens, again our careers seem to follow strange, but similar paths is Im developing MAGIC KINGDOM at Disney and Guillermo is developing HAUNTED HOUSE
.Hes doing HAUNTED MANSION HOUSE and
Guillermo Del Toro: By the way
Jon Favreau: (Laughs) You are learning to edit yourself, so youre really maturing a lot in your 40s, but we are both looking at that whole resource of intellectual property and fortunately, because the people over at Disney are saying a lot of great things like We really want to engage filmmakers like you and bring your vision to it and we are both incredible fans of Walt Disney and his sensibility and all of the innovations that he brought about, both technically and in storytelling and
Guillermo Del Toro: People forget how it become
He came to some of the radical animation in the 70s, he was viewed as The man, but this was a guy who was highly experimental, the innovations he brought, the risks
Talk about a risk taker, this guy didnt do anything safe.
Jon Favreau: Walt Disney was the first person to marry animation with music with a click track and STEAMBOAT WILLIE what people dont realize is it wasnt innovative because of the character, Mickey Mouse became famous after that, but he was the first person to make cartoons musical. He was the first person to really make television, color television wide spread. He was the first person to do fantasounds.
Guillermo Del Toro: And feature film animation.
Jon Favreau: And feature length animation, like with SNOW WHITE and if you ever read a biography of his, its amazing how he let everything ride all of the time and risked it all. I think we both draw a lot of inspiration from people like him and the idea of us brining our sensibility to the Disney properties will see its a long road, but theres a wonderful opportunity to use all of the techniques you are talking about. Just with MAGIC KINGDOM we are talking about combining all of those things, whether its stop motion, whether its 3D, 2D, we are going to figure that out, but using different techniques to give a nostalgic feel to something that I think will satisfy families, but I think its through the technical innovation, the insight, the nostalgia
the inspiration thats going to appeal to all audiences.
Guillermo Del Toro: We also spent a **** load of time at the park and called it research and one of the best times in my whole life is when they opened The Haunted Mansion for me at 5AM when the park was empty and I walked for three hours the entire mansion by foot. Holy crap. And it was research (Laugh Maniacally)
[Everyone Laughs]
Guillermo Del Toro: Little did they know
You know what I did? I hid a quarter and a dime in that mansion that will never be found.
[Everyone Laughs]
Jon Favreau: I was there. I did the tour with Tony Baxter who is a genius Imagineer who might be here tonight. I know hes at Comic Con and comes all of the time, and just a tour of the Imaginerium was amazing just to see how they come up with it. They showed me your attraction that you have been
your addition to The Haunted Mansion. Am I allowed to talk about it?
Guillermo Del Toro: Those ghosts.
Jon Favreau: The old Hatbox Ghost to people who know. Hes a legendary character from the original Haunted Mansion and when I did the walking tour they showed me the plate
Im sure you know where it was where the Hatbox Ghost originally was and
Guillermo Del Toro: My van is very close by. (Shh.)
