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A 2000 Disney Channel original movie about a mysterious saboteur who wreaks havoc at a megaplex theater on the night of a Hollywood premiere. The film stars Taylor Handley, Caitlin Wachs, Jacob Smith, and Mickey Rooney, and is loosely based on Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.
Nov 10, 2000 · Phantom of the Megaplex: Directed by Blair Treu. With Taylor Handley, Corinne Bohrer, Caitlin Wachs, Jacob Smith. A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night discovers that the films being shown are full of strange and eerie occurrences.
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- Action, Comedy, Family
- Blair Treu
- 2000-11-10
A teenage theater employee faces a phantom who sabotages the movies and the premiere of a new film. Watch this 2000 coming of age comedy starring Taylor Handley and Corinne Bohrer on Disney+.
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is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie, produced by the Disney Channel. With a title and concept very loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera and Scooby-Doo!, the film concerns strange happenings at a monstrous megaplex on the night of a major movie premiere gala, Midnight Mayhem. The central character, played by Taylor Handley, is Pete Riley, t...
17-year-old Pete Riley works as the assistant manager at the local 26-screen grand megaplex, a job that he loves and spends the majority of his time at. Rumor has it that the megaplex is haunted by a "phantom", someone who was trapped inside the old movie theater that was demolished to build the current megaplex. Pete, senior manager Shawn MacGibbon, the other employees, and an old man known as "Movie Mason" (who loves movies and thinks he works at the megaplex, much to Shawn's chagrin) are working to prepare the theater for the star-studded premiere of the new Hollywood blockbuster "Midnight Mayhem". Wolfgang Nedermeyer, the owner of the megaplex, is to be among the guests, and constantly gets Shawn's last name wrong.
To Pete's disappointment, he is forced to bring along his younger siblings, 13-year-old Karen and 10-year-old Brian, to the theater while their mother goes out on a date with her boyfriend George. Pete dumps his siblings in a movie so he can focus on setting up for the premiere, but problems begin to pop up all through the megaplex. The other movies begin to suffer mishaps, which Karen and Brian realize are all related to the titles of the films being shown (for example, a theater showing a movie called "Cyclone Summer" has a giant fan moved in front of the screen, which blows everyone out of their seats). Pete, Karen, and Brian work together and discover that the rumored phantom is indeed behind these acts of sabotage; while at the same time, Pete has gotten his girlfriend a pass to the special movie screening.
Through online spoilers, Brian and Karen are able to learn the supposedly secret plot of "Midnight Mayhem", and Pete is able to stop the phantom from sabotaging the important premiere. The phantom is revealed to be Shawn, who Nedermeyer immediately fires and threatens to prevent getting a job in another theater. Having been driven to his breaking point, Shawn snaps at Nedermeyer "MacGibbin! For once in your life get it right!! My name is Shawn MACGIBBIN!! I did this, all THIS, just so you would get it right!!"
Nedermeyer offers Pete the job of senior manager at the megaplex, something Pete has always wanted. Though Pete tells Nedermeyer that he'd be honored, he turns down the job. Inspired by Karen and Brian from their help exposing Shawn as the phantom, Pete realizes the importance of his childhood and doesn't want to waste it anymore, asking for the rest of the night off. Nedermeyer agrees, giving Pete some money to treat his girlfriend to a nice breakfast after the movie, softly saying thank you for saving his reputation.
•Taylor Handley as Pete Riley, 17-year-old assistant manager of the theater.
•Caitlin Wachs as Karen Riley, Pete's 13-year-old sister.
•Jacob Smith as Brian Riley, Pete's perceptive 10-year-old brother.
•Corinne Bohrer as Julie Riley, Pete's mother.
•John Novak as George, Julie's boyfriend.
•Mickey Rooney as Movie Mason, an elderly movie fan. His family opened the old theater before the megaplex was built. When the theater closed down and the megaplex opened, Mason thought that he worked there, though technically he doesn't. He comes to the theater every day and is welcomed and well liked by all the staff, except Shawn. He was a possible suspect of being the Phantom.
A 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie about a mysterious saboteur at a megaplex theater. Pete Riley, the assistant manager, investigates the phantom with his siblings and exposes the culprit before a movie premiere.
A theater employee wonders if a legendary spirit is up to its old tricks after a series of strange occurrences. Watch Phantom of the Megaplex with a subscription on Disney+, rent on Prime...
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A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night discovers that the films are full of strange and eerie occurrences. He must catch the Phantom who is sabotaging the show and threatening the audience, while winning the girl of his dreams.