The Haunted Mansion has found its 1000th happy haunt in Dear White People director, Justin Simien, who has been tapped to direct a new movie based on the classic Disney ride. It was reported last year that a new Haunted Mansion movie was in the works with Katie Dippold, who was one of the writers on 2016's Ghostbusters remake, and the movie is closer to coming to life now that it's found its director in Simien.