Twilight zone tower of terror movie movie#
Twilight zone tower of terror movie series#

Now it’s time for Vulture to advocate for a Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster adaptation in which Steven Tyler has to speed across the country in a limousine to fire Aerosmith’s drummer. The ride itself was inspired by the wonderful world of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone.

Twilight zone tower of terror movie movie#

The Tower of Terror ride was previously adapted into a 1997 television movie about disappearing hotel guests starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst, a project that, in hindsight, would make an incredible addition to our “ Role Call” column. THR notes that plot details “are being kept under wraps” and it’s currently unclear if Johansson will be starring in the film. Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley is attached to write the script based off the spooky drop-scare hotel elevator (and its even spookier lore), and Scarlett Johansson, of all people, will produce. The cast also includes Kirsten Dunst and Nia Peeples.Photo: Michaela Begsteiger/imageBROKER/ShutterstockĪs part of Disney’s ongoing quest to adapt literally every single one of its rides into a movie, THR is reporting that Tower of Terror will be the next attraction put on the creative conveyor belt. It's believed that their ghosts haunt the old building, and an old woman claims to have the key to their secrets. He happens upon a story that he hopes might put him back in the good graces of better newspapers in 1939, five people disappeared in an accident aboard the elevator of a luxury hotel. The film followed 'a once-respected reporter (played by Guttenberg) who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid.' Here's how Rotten Tomatoes describes it: This wouldn't be the first time Disney made a Twilight of Terror movie. It was one of the very first theme park rides to be turned into a film, specifically a made-for-television movie in 1997 starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst. Last we heard the project was to follow 'a test pilot who winds up breaking the speed of light when he puts down his craft, he discovers that he's landed a bit late for supper - 96 years late.' But that was before Kosinski got involved in the project, and the story may have been thrown out. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves was originally attached to that project, which went through a bunch of screenplays in its journey. The Twilight Zone apparently won't be part of the movie adaptation of the ride, as Warner Bros. is still developing the property as a standalone movie produced by Appian Way with Joseph Kosinski. He invites the guests, 'if they dare', to board the elevator and discover the secret of the Hollywood Tower Hotel and make each of them a star of The Twilight Zone.Īnd here is a vintage making of special that was released around the making of the original ride: He also explains that the only elevator in the hotel still in working condition is the maintenance service elevator located in the basement at the boiler room.

Taking the episode back to the present, Serling comments that the storm outside is similar to the one that sent the fateful five into the Fifth Dimension. The lightning strike explains the missing front wing with burn marks across the face of the hotel, allowing those outside the hotels to periodically see the elevators ascending and dropping. The elevator ascends normally at first, but then, the lightning bolt strikes the hotel, causing an entire wing and the guests to vanish, and causing the elevator to drop rapidly and crash, sending all five people into the Twilight Zone. None of the names of the characters are mentioned or referenced in the pre-show. The episode then cuts to the lobby, where singer Carolyn Crosson, her boyfriend Gilbert London, child actress Sally Shine (who is modeled after child actress Shirley Temple) and her nanny Emeline Partridge accompanied by a hotel bellhop Dewey Todd board the elevator. A ferocious thunderstorm has enveloped the building and grounds. The episode shows the hotel on that night all those years ago. It had an original story created for this attraction, but since it. It’s about the closest spiritual successor to the Haunted Mansion that the parks have done, and I loved going on it several times.

Here's a detailed description from Wikipedia: This made-for-TV film drew inspiration for the drop ride in both American Disney parks that, in turn, thematically tied into The Twilight Zone. The queue for the ride features a specially created sequence from a 'lost' episode of The Twilight Zone which explains the backstory. The story in the ride involves a group of people who in the 1930s mysteriously disappeared from a hotel elevator due to supposed supernatural forces, leading to the hotel's closure. Riders board a vehicle themed as a hotel elevator which provides a fun drop.

The ride takes place inside the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood, California.

Twilight zone tower of terror movie series#

The theme park attraction is a loose adaptation of Rod Serling's CBS television anthology series The Twilight Zone, featuring the signature show introduction and opening. The first version of the ride opened in Florida on July 22nd, 1994.