Originally Posted By avromark I'm not sure if this is in the right section, so move it if it is not. <a href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/" target="_blank">http://www.the-leaky-cauldron. org/</a> <<Posted by: Sue October 16, 2006, 2:13 pm There is a new story online which drags up the long rumored report of a possible Harry Potter theme park and Disney. JimHillmedia.com is reporting today that author J.K. Rowling has signed a letter of intent to discuss the possibility of Harry Potter and a Disney theme park venture. Quotage: And after months of negotiations, Rowling finally signed a letter of intent. Which then awarded the Walt Disney Company the right to begin preliminary development of a theme park-related project featuring the Harry Potter characters. Please note: This does not mean a formal agreement has ...>> And the Jim Hill article: <a href="http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/10/16/6221.aspx" target="_blank">http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/ jim_hill/archive/2006/10/16/6221.aspx</a> It is from Jim Hill so i'm not so sure how accurate it is, but I was wondering if anyone has any insights/ideas?
Originally Posted By Park Hopper Rowling owns the publishing rights but the film rights belong to Warner Bros.. If Disney wants to use any images from the films they will have to bring Warner Bros. in on the project. Otherwise they will have to create their own visual style based on the books and not the films. This is a very tricky line to walk. And of course a lot would depend on what kind of attraction they intend to build.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is it possible that Disney would be designing the ride for another company? I know the chances of this happening are slim, but it just doesn't seem practical that they would make a Harry Potter ride when there is a very successful movie franchise of the same character base at the same time with another company. It seems to make significanlty less sense than the Star Tours and Indy collaborations, which still really throw people off.
Originally Posted By ni_teach > Is it possible that Disney would be designing the ride for another company? WED has designed building and attactions for other groups over their history, however, I don't think that they would do that for HP. I can see severals reasons for them to sign a "letter of intent" for Harry Potter. The first reason is to simply build a ride like they say.... However,another reason is to stop any other park from getting the rights and building a ride or whole park around HP.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 But why would JK sign something that would mean nothing ever gets built? I suppose it's only a letter of intent, so no deal has been made, but I can't imagine Warner Bros. sitting idly by. It's not uncommon for Disney to aquire rights to something and then sit on it (the OZ stories, for example), but they really don't need Harry Potter at this point...they should focus on their own properties and not cause even more confusion about why Harry Potter is in the parks.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Plus, this is coming from Jim Hill, so I do take it with a grain of salt.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Maybe, with the MGM name leaving the Disney Sudios in Florida, just maybe this is a precursor to a new agreement with Warner Bros? Maybe they'll merge and move some HP rides or themes into the Disney Studios park? I'd have no issues with that.
Originally Posted By fkurucz I think that if they create a HP ride that doesn't use the visuals from the movies they will be getting a lot of huh's? from guests. Imagine if the new Jack Sparrow AA's didn't look anything like Johnny Depp (it still bugs me that the Indiana Jones AA doesn't look like Harrison Ford).
Originally Posted By ni_teach > but I can't imagine Warner Bros. sitting idly by. Warner Bros. only own the movie rights. They didn't buy anything else.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I know, but I would think they would try to get JK to hand over theme park rights to them. It's just amazing that they would be ok with Disney basing rides off of the books and they might have rides based off of the films.
Originally Posted By Park Hopper I don't think Warner Bros. is interested in the theme park business which is really too bad. They could do some really cool stuff if they were.
Originally Posted By tangaroa >I don't think Warner Bros. is interested >in the theme park business which is really >too bad. They could do some really cool >stuff if they were. Don't they already license their stuff to Six Flags?
Originally Posted By seanyoda According to the Leaky Cauldron, it's a false rumor. << Representatives for J.K. Rowling have denied yesterday's report that J.K. Rowling was in talks with Disney for a Harry Potter theme park. Jim Hill Media yesterday reported that Jo had signed a "letter of intent" stating an intent to do business with Disney; a spokesperson has told TLC there is "no truth" in that report. >> <a href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:9149" target="_blank">http://www.the-leaky-cauldron. org/#article:9149</a>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Thank goodness for small favors. ;-) Imagineers don't need to be messin' around with that little dork. Gimme a Mary Poppins attraction! And yes, Tang... WB characters are a part of Six Flags.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Gotta love that tagline: >>Anyway ... If you were wondering what Bob Iger was going to top last year's landmark deal to acquire Pixar Animation Studios ... Well, now you know.<< Uh huh. Harry Potter and Hobbits. Noted.
Originally Posted By Kane22 Well I did find it very strange for Disney to be putting on the first two Harry Potter films on the Disney Channel for a while now & second I found pretty much alot of Harry Potter books going on sale at the TOT gift shop at WDW. So this leaves me to a point that Disney may have been intersted with Harry Potter for a long time. Plus this wasn't the first time Jim Hill talked about a Harry Potter themed ride so I think Jim Hill could be saying true facts because he has discussed it before.
Originally Posted By bean I have to check but Didn't Disney win the rights for television broadcast for the Harry potter movie series for certain amount of years or television premiers?
