If Warner Bros Movie World got a Universal ip

[omega237]

I know this won’t happen, but since Universal gotten the theme park rights to Harry Potter via a deal with Warner Bros. If Village Roadshow and Warner Bros made a same exact deal with Universal to bring one of their IPs to Warner Bros Movie World which one would it be?

For me it would be either Universal Monsters via Darkmoor with Monsters Unchained & Curse of the Werewolf or How to Train Your Dragon Isle of Berk with its coaster, show, and other attractions.

 

Note: I tried to make a poll, but I keep getting errors.

[Ash]

Can’t say it won’t happen, but it won’t happen. An IP like Harry Potter requires a tonne of amazing theming, our parks just can’t keep up with that. Just my opinion, but look at OZ, beautiful big plain green walls with amazing prison guard fencing 

[TBoy]

1 hour ago, omega237 said:

I know this won’t happen, but since Universal gotten the theme park rights to Harry Potter via a deal with Warner Bros. If Village Roadshow and Warner Bros made a same exact deal with Universal to bring one of their IPs to Warner Bros Movie World which one would it be?

Technically we had Shrek 4D from 2005 to 2010 at Movie World, although I believe DreamWorks (pre-Universal) owned the rights rather than Universal and it was just licensed to them unlike most rides

[wikiverse]

5 hours ago, omega237 said:

Universal gotten the theme park rights to Harry Potter via a deal with Warner Bros

Universal only license the rights for their specific parks and exclusion zones around their parks.  Village could license Harry Potter from WB at any time (and have previously) for an attraction.  WB World in Abu Dhabi is currently building a Harry Potter World.

There are plenty of other WB/New Line or Village Roadshow IPs to choose from:  Dune, Mad Max, Happy Feet, Final Destination, Lord of the Rings, Austin Powers, Mortal Kombat, Ocean's 11, The Matrix, Gremlins, The Exorcist, Wonka.  They also distribute the Monsterverse (Kong/Godzilla) for Legendary Pictures, and Mattel movies like Barbie.  Mattel previously licensed Hotwheels to Dreamworld.

There's also all of the WB/HBO TV series like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, Friends, The last of us, Rick and Morty, etc.

Village don't need to look outside the WB catalogue for popular IP that would create amazing theme park experiences.  They just need to be willing to spend the money on the license AND creating an amazing experience.

[TBoy]

17 minutes ago, wikiverse said:

The last of us

I believe Warner/HBO own the series but unsure about the merchandising and theme park rights. Sony still retain the game rights, and likely the merch and theme parks rights (at least for the games, not sure about the series)

[omega237]

Now that you mention the other WB IPs I feel like Movie World should have brought The Funtastic World of the Hanna-Barbera to their park since WB owns Hanna-Barbera if they added motion simulators into their park that is.

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 22/08/2025 at 3:05 PM, omega237 said:

since Universal gotten the theme park rights to Harry Potter via a deal with Warner Bros

Correct me if i'm wrong, but Universal didn't do a deal with Warner Bros - the deal was between Universal and JKR.

While theoretically possible - the standards required for Wizarding World related attractions would be out of MWs budget.

On 22/08/2025 at 11:05 PM, omega237 said:

The Funtastic World of the Hanna-Barbera

I love the idea, but the world of HB simply lacks relevance. I'm pretty sure the last Flintstones movie was 2000. The Jetsons was 1990.

The only HB IP that have any level of recency is Scooby Doo, Smurfs and Tom and Jerry. And the park has 2 out of 3. Not sure they'd get the modern take on Smurfs as that's a Sony\Columbia production, and i'm not sure the cartoons would hold up today against that modern look.

[omega237]

They based the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on the movies, and WB has the movie rights to Harry Potter.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Nobody is disputing that. What's your point?