Disney To Base New Movie on Jungle Cruise Ride

>> Studio Briefing 05/17/04 >> "The Walt Disney Co. is planning to turn another one of its theme-park attractions into a movie -- this time, it's the Jungle Cruise. "It's completely inspired by and relates to the ride and will contain elements of the ride in the story," producer David Hoberman told today's (Monday) Hollywood Reporter. Disney has had mixed results in converting theme-park rides into movies, scoring strongly with Pirates of the Caribbean, but drawing relatively small crowds with films based on its Haunted Mansion and Bear Country attractions." It's embarassing how this company is so obviously plundering anything they can get their hands on in an attempt to scrape up a hit movie. Pirates was great, but what on God's green earth gave them any indication that The Haunted Mansion, Country Bears, or The Jungle Cruise would be able to draw an audience??? The kind of studio exec. thinking that goes into these mindless decisions is less than encouraging.