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18 April 2012 5:38 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Disney is to produce a movie adaptation of their famous Disneyland attraction, Mr Toad’s Wild Ride, with visionary animator Pete Candeland.

In the loosest possible sense, though, because unlike other instances of theme park rides being turned into movies, this already has source material. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and The Tower Of Terror (the 1997 made-for-tv movie starring Thn favourite Steve Guttenberg) were all based on the original theme park rides, where as the ‘Mr Toad’s Wild Ride’… er… ride, was of course based on The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Mr Toad’s Wild Ride was one of the original attractions when Disneyland opened in 1955 and remained a visitor favourite until its closure in 1998. Today’s announcement that Disney will be making a movie based on the attraction essentially means that they’re making a new version of Wind In The Willows, »

- John Sharp

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