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Scarlett Johansson Provides Tower of Terror Movie Update
Scarlett Johansson is hard at work on her movie adaptation of Disney World’s iconic Twilight Zone Tower of Terror drop ride, and she’s providing an update on the film’s progress.
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Years after the project was first announced, the Jurassic World Rebirth actress revealed to Entertainment Weekly that while she can’t spill all the secrets, she and Disney are diligently refining the story for the upcoming film. The movie is based on the popular haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.
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“It’s a hard nut to crack. Harder than you think, because the ride itself, there’s some lore to it, but it’s… I don’t want to say thin, but it is, kind of!” Johansson explained. The ride’s plot, set in Rod Serling’s iconic Twilight Zone anthology series, sees five souls vanish after their elevator is struck by lightning.
Johansson acknowledges that the ride’s narrative “doesn’t have so much to dig into” for a full-length feature film, suggesting that its brief, mysterious nature is part of what makes it work so well as a theme park attraction. “That’s part of the mystery of the ride. It’s been a fun project to work on, because it’s a blue sky project,” she shared. “It has also proved to be a hard nut to crack. But, we’ll crack the case of it. It’s taking shape!”
This project’s continuation was confirmed by Disney after the resolution of their legal dispute with Johansson concerning the 2021 release of Black Widow. At the time, Disney stated they “looked forward to working together on a number of upcoming projects, including Disney’s Tower of Terror.”
The Tower of Terror remains one of Disney World’s most popular attractions, a towering 199-foot icon that has inspired multiple iterations globally. While the Disneyland version was revamped in 2017 to become Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! for Avengers Campus, the Florida attraction continues to thrill guests in its original Twilight Zone form. This dedication to its classic theme even led pop star Ariana Grande to make an impassioned plea on the Las Culturistas podcast last November, urging Disney to preserve the Tower of Terror in its original, beloved state for “historical preservation, spooky honor, and good, old-fashioned fun.”
While Johansson’s upcoming film is poised to be a major release, it’s not the first cinematic take on the ride. In 1997, a made-for-TV movie also titled Tower of Terror, starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst, was partially filmed around the exterior of the Disney World attraction, though it omitted the Twilight Zone connection.
Fans eagerly await further details on Scarlett Johansson’s ambitious new vision for the Hollywood Tower Hotel, hoping it captures the chilling charm and mystery of the beloved ride.
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