Rumor Disney Looking To Trade The Theme Park Rights of Alien with Universal in exchange for Black Panther to Build a Wakanda Pavillion at Epcot

[ParkFan550]

It is expected to happen soon as recently, I talked to a Cast Member online about it. He said that ever since the success of Black Panther last year, Disney Imagineers have been secretly planning on building a whole pavilion themed to the fictional country of Wakanda in the World Showcase. They plan on building it right next to the China and Germany pavilions. Ever since the full acquisition of 20th Century Fox, this deal between exchanging the rights of Alien and Black Panther with Universal has been coming very close to happening as Disney could soon announce this whole new project at D23

 

[Model3 McQueen]

lol

 

[NormC]

Is that you Tom?

 

[thequeuelinelectures]

Yeah sorry but I seriously doubt this. It just flies in the face of how all Disney and Universal look at their own IP's now. They only want to make movies and build attractions that support IP they own rather than licensing IP from other people. Why would Universal be interested in Alien? Why build attractions that would support a film franchise now owned by their direct competitor? It's just not how the industry works.

 

[rreading]

Yeah, and I was talking with a bus driver director at WL who said that Epcot is still moving along with their hotel plan. "They have built a guard stand already!"

 

[danlb_2000]

It is expected to happen soon as recently, I talked to a Cast Member online about it. He said that ever since the success of Black Panther last year, Disney Imagineers have been secretly planning on building a whole pavilion themed to the fictional country of Wakanda in the World Showcase. They plan on building it right next to the China and Germany pavilions. Ever since the full acquisition of 20th Century Fox, this deal between exchanging the rights of Alien and Black Panther with Universal has been coming very close to happening as Disney could soon announce this whole new project at D23

Was this a front line CM or someone higher up, because front line CM are very unreliable with rumors.

 

[britain]

Trading Alien for Black Panther sounds like a good idea. I mean, he's what - on a banner at IOA? Lose a character on a banner in exchange for the whole freaking Alien franchise (or would it just be theme park rights)?

But this WS stuff is nonsense.

 

[danlb_2000]

Yeah sorry but I seriously doubt this. It just flies in the face of how all Disney and Universal look at their own IP's now. They only want to make movies and build attractions that support IP they own rather than licensing IP from other people. Why would Universal be interested in Alien? Why build attractions that would support a film franchise now owned by their direct competitor? It's just not how the industry works.

Universal doesn't have a big enough pool of good IP's to draw from so they don't seem to have a problem licensing outside IPs. Alien would be a good fit for Universal, especially if they are selling them all the rights, not just theme parks. This would be a trade for something that they aren't using. The only reason to hang on to Black Panther is to keep it our of Disney's hands.

With that said, I am pretty skeptical about this.

 

[danlb_2000]

Trading Alien for Black Panther sounds like a good idea, but this WS stuff is nonsense.

I wish I could believe that, but not with the current management.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Although to play devil's advocate.. remember when people laughed off the idea of Mission Breakout nothing would surprise me under the $hapek regime.

 

[britain]

I wish I could believe that, but not with the current management.

Then again... if Guardians is going to Epcot... gosh, does that become the defacto Marvel park?




I know Disney isn't allowed to use the Marvel brand name on any park advertising, but could they use "Marvelous"? as in...

The Marvelous EPCOT

Why do I do this to myself?

 

[danlb_2000]

I will wait to see if the site which cannot be named posts about this so we can no for sure it's not true.

 

[ParkFan550]

Was this a front line CM or someone higher up, because front line CM are very unreliable with rumors.

It was a CM who was at the Tower of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios and he was telling me all of what Disney was planning including a Toy Story Woody’s Roundup show to replace Country Bears Jamboree, and that the Enchanted Tiki Room will be rethemed to Moana

 

[danlb_2000]

It was a CM who was at the Tower of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios and he was telling me all of what Disney was planning including a Toy Story Woody’s Roundup show to replace Country Bears Jamboree, and that the Enchanted Tiki Room will be rethemed to Moana

This is a not a reliable source. The other two rumors have been circulating on the internet this week after a certain site posted them. Disney has already shot down the Moana rumor. Front-line CM's tend to know less about what is going to happen in the parks then people who frequent these message boards.

 

[Slpy3270]

This is a not a reliable source. The other two rumors have been circulating on the internet this week after a certain site posted them. Disney has already shot down the Moana rumor. Front-line CM's tend to know less about what is going to happen in the parks then people who frequent these message boards.

Agreed. Most cast members, given their pay grade, don't know much about the inner workings of what's going on at R&D at WDI. They're no sources.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

It was a CM who was at the Tower of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios and he was telling me all of what Disney was planning including a Toy Story Woody’s Roundup show to replace Country Bears Jamboree, and that the Enchanted Tiki Room will be rethemed to Moana

That CM is 0 for 2

 

[DaGoof00]

It was a CM who was at the Tower of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios and he was telling me all of what Disney was planning including a Toy Story Woody’s Roundup show to replace Country Bears Jamboree, and that the Enchanted Tiki Room will be rethemed to Moana

Jesus

 

[smile]

It was a CM who was at the Tower of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios and he was telling me all of what Disney was planning including a Toy Story Woody’s Roundup show to replace Country Bears Jamboree, and that the Enchanted Tiki Room will be rethemed to Moana

were you, by chance, offered a bridge?

That CM is 0 for 2

1 for 1, at least

 

[ToTBellHop]

This would be news to me.

I’d expect up to three new pavilions in WS representing real countries, however.

As one would expect from WS.

 

[trainplane3]

Uuuuhhh....between Germany and China? That's the support area for the 2021 show...
Besides that...I really don't know what else to say.