Children killing children for for the amusement of a futuristic society seemed like a farfetched idea.. until Hunger Games.
With the success of the movie, Jon Feltheimer, the chief executive of Lionsgate Entertainment, began brainstorming. He asked his lieutenants to investigate ways to turn their hit movie into a Disneyland-style ride.
Tim Palen, who is not the studio’s chief brand officer, started to brainstorm:
“The more we thought about it, the more we realized there was a major opportunity — not just to create something smart and captivating that ‘Hunger Games’ fans would love, but to bring all of our franchises alive in new ways,” Palen said.
Two parks, are planned to be built by separate companies, and the locations are set for Atlanta and Macau (Atlanta being where most of the franchise was actually filmed).
They will join the already under construction $3 billion entertainment complex under construction between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emrites, and an already announced Hunger Games stage show in London.
The theme park deals call for Step Up dance shows and attractions based on the studio’s Divergent movies and the film Now You See Me, about a troupe of illusionists who are implicated in a heist.
It probably won’t involve violently slaughtered children, but you never know.
After passing through the gates, visitors will arrive in a re-creation of the fictional District 12, a mining region where Katniss grew up.
There will be costumed characters and real-life versions of Peeta Mellark’s bakery and the Hob black market.
Avatron Smart Park in Atlanta hopes to open by 2019, and the park in Dubai by next year.
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