Apparently, the show must go on.

“I’m not disappointed in this cast,” he explained.

“I’m disappointed in the conditions that brought about this situation.”

View of the red carpet at the world premiere of Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” at the Hyperion Theatre inside the Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California, on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The empty red carpet at the ‘Haunted Mansion’ premiere.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

“Let me tell you about unrealistic: Me being a filmmaker is unrealistic,” Simien said.

“Coming from Houston, Texas, gay, Black?

Haunted Mansion, said to be apurposeful departurefrom the 2003 Eddie Murphy movie, hits theaters July 28.

(L-R): Tiffany Haddish as Harriet, Rosario Dawson as Gabbie, LaKeith Stanfield as Ben, and Danny DeVito as Bruce in Disney’s live-action HAUNTED MANSION. Photo by Jalen Marlowe. © 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, and LaKeith Stanfield in Disney’s ‘Haunted House’.Jalen Marlowe/disney

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