There are a lot of things that used to be in Disney World that were ultimately retired.
According to Deadline, the director of the recent Haunted Mansion film, Justin Simien, would love to adapt Michael Jackson’s Captain EO attraction (that used to be in the Imagination Pavilion) into a movie!
For those of you who are Gen Z babies or have no idea what Captain EO is, let’s review. Captain EO, played by Michael Jackson, ran from September 12th, 1986 until July 6th, 1994 inside the Imagination Pavilion and starred Captain EO in a colorful 3D theater attraction.
The 3D science fiction film told the story of Captain EO and an electronic band of mythical space creatures who undergo a magical transformation and aid Jackson in conquering the evil forces of darkness.
The film hasn’t been seen in EPCOT in a LONG time. So does this mean we could see a whole feature film adaptation of this old short film? We’ll have to wait and see — be sure to stay tuned to AllEars, because we’ll keep you updated on all the latest news.
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How do you feel about this old attraction becoming a feature film? Tell us in the comments!
The only way this could work is to make it animated in the style of Spiderverse (so MJ can still be EO), and to use clips of MJ’s voice and AI (trained really really well using MJs voice) to voice the animated EO.
Otherwise, it shouldn’t be done.
MJ is Captain EO, and nobody else should play EO in a live action film.
It would be a difficult thing to do, EO was pretty dark. Awesome but dark. I saw the original show when at its debut. I would have been six or seven. Saw it again when it again several times during its original run. Took my wife to see it when it came back briefly. When EO made its debut Michael Jackson was at his prime. Hottest ticket in the world. It would be hard to match that today. I’m not saying it cannot be done, but we are talking about iconic 80’s that younger generations may not understand. The message was love, always will be.