Last year Disney announced that they would be making a movie based on the classic Disneyland roller coaster Matterhorn, which has been previously described as a "thrilling, fast-paced movie centering on five young adventure seekers who, for mysterious reasons, are called to the top of the mountain and encounter a Yeti on the journey down." Today we've learned that the studio has hired commercial director Brian Beletic to take on the film project.
As of right now Disney is calling the movie Untitled Explorers Project, and Deadline has a little more info on the story, which follows "a small group of young, super adventure/explorers, each with a specific skill set, are brought to the remote backcountry of the Pennine Alps under various guises for a trek across one of the planet’s remaining untouched realms. They do this with extreme skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering."
Here's a couple of commercials that have been directed by Beletic that will give you a solid idea of what his imagination is like. After watching some of his stuff I can see why they want to bring him on board. It will be interesting to see how he ends up bringing this story to life. Check out some of the commercials below and let us know if you think Beletic will be a good film director.
Source: Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/brian-beletic-to-direct-disneys-matterhorn/)