Lions Gate in talks for Hunger Games theme park attraction

[Lucky]

This is kinda funny, but it goes on for a while

 

[Sam Magic]

Comming to Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2016: The Hunger Games Adventure taking place of Toon Lagoon!

 

[RMichael21]

Comming to Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2016: The Hunger Games Adventure taking place of Toon Lagoon!

Also coming to the Hunger Games Adventure is an all new flume ride, that takes you into the vast lake of blood spilled by those poor dead teenagers. Replacing Dudley Do Rights Ripsaw Falls. P.S. Barf Bags included in front and back of the flume.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Harry Potter Fan: "I want to go to Hogwarts!!"
Hobbit Fan: "I want to go to the Shire!!"
Hunger Games Fan: "Uhm, yeah... I'm good. Thanks."

Good one. This was my laugh for the day.

 

[Prototype82]

Capitol Restaurant, Depressing train ride through the districts. Somehow I could actually see this happing at Universal.

 

[SoupBone]

This is a done deal, they've already started construction on the castle. I talked to one of their future bus drivers and he sounds really excited and broke the news to me.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Harry Potter Fan: "I want to go to Hogwarts!!"
Hobbit Fan: "I want to go to the Shire!!"
Hunger Games Fan: "Uhm, yeah... I'm good. Thanks."

There's a Meme for that ...

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Ummm...I call False...how the heck do you present that to kids?

"Oh hi! Come on in...everyone to the center of the room...take these weapons and kill each other!"

 

[Beholder]

Merchandising nightmare. I can just imagine some ed off teenage girl having a melt down while wielding her recently purchased "Hunger Games Bow and Arrow" set.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Ummm...I call False...how the heck do you present that to kids?

"Oh hi! Come on in...everyone to the center of the room...take these weapons and kill each other!"

The screening of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire that I attended was full of young kids.

 

[RandomPrincess]

While the films/books are about "people killing each other" many other theme parks attractions are also based on stories with the same - either people killing each other or things killing people. A Hunger games attraction does not have to be a miniland (although it could be) a stunt show, a ride like Spiderman could work too or a coaster. Harry Potter in US is set in the 4th book at this point Harry has only had Voldemort attempt to kill him 3 times! It's not all sunshine and lollipops in Harry's world or any Disney based movie ride either. With the right project and people behind it - it could be good.

 

[Beholder]

While the films/books are about "people killing each other" many other theme parks attractions are also based on stories with the same - either people killing each other or things killing people. A Hunger games attraction does not have to be a miniland (although it could be) a stunt show, a ride like Spiderman could work too or a coaster. Harry Potter in US is set in the 4th book at this point Harry has only had Voldemort attempt to kill him 3 times! It's not all sunshine and lollipops in Harry's world or any Disney based movie ride either. With the right project and people behind it - it could be good.

Yeah, and there's a lot of killing in Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

 

[Bairstow]

True, but they're not primarily about teenagers killing each other.
It's a bit hard to sell a theme park on a fictional property whose primary subject matter is pretty much the same as a school shooting.

 

[lazyboy97o]

While the films/books are about "people killing each other" many other theme parks attractions are also based on stories with the same - either people killing each other or things killing people. A Hunger games attraction does not have to be a miniland (although it could be) a stunt show, a ride like Spiderman could work too or a coaster. Harry Potter in US is set in the 4th book at this point Harry has only had Voldemort attempt to kill him 3 times! It's not all sunshine and lollipops in Harry's world or any Disney based movie ride either. With the right project and people behind it - it could be good.

Those involve sides of good and evil. The Hunger Games are, at this point in the film series, still about the battle royale.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Those involve sides of good and evil. The Hunger Games are, at this point in the film series, still about the battle royale.

President Snow is evil. Starting with the second movie/book Snow is trying to destroy Katiness and the rebellion she inadvertently started without making her a martyr.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Sounds like Iger is trying to make all of WDW into Panem, just without the rich Capitol... as it appears WDW is headed for Dark Days...

 

[some guy]

Uni gets Hunger Games, Disney gets Battle Royale for a reuse of Discovery Island.

 

[Prototype82]

This sounds like a terrible idea, for any park. We know kids like this stuff, but kids killing kids is not family friendly. I see no good attractions for that idea.

What if it's not about kids killing kids? What if it's about Revolution and fighting the bad guys of the Capitol? Think outside the box.

 

[JimboJones123]

Those involve sides of good and evil. The Hunger Games are, at this point in the film series, still about the battle royale.

If that is what you think, you are totally missing the point.

 

[JimboJones123]

What if it's not about kids killing kids? What if it's about Revolution and fighting the bad guys of the Capitol? Think outside the box.

Spot on. The kids killing kids is just a very small part of the overall theme of The Hunger Games. It is a haunting dystopian tale about strangling oppression.