Movie Worlds Upcoming 2025 announcements

[Smol bean]

Movie World has just put up a post on their Socials teasing 3 new upcoming announcements with the taglines:

* Serving Soon

* Spooking Soon

*New Action soon

first two are pretty obvious as to what those will be announcing if you’ve been following rumours but the third is a complete mystery as of now. Curious to see what people think it is.

[themagician]

I’d assume it will be a new arena stunt show  (at least that’s what I hope it is because HSD2 sucks)

Edited Friday at 06:27 AM by themagician

[Smol bean]

With all the great Action IP Warner Bros own and would make a great stunt show, seeing that huge area wasted on a boring and corny drifting show is a big disappointment.

Edited Friday at 07:05 AM by Smol bean

[TBoy]

43 minutes ago, themagician said:

I’d assume it will be a new arena stunt show  (at least that’s what I hope it is because HSD2 sucks)

Hopefully if true they re-do it from scratch and make a completely new one but knowing Village nowadays they will make it even cheaper than HWS2 to cut costs and reuse the same set being used since 2008.

I would love a Mad Max stunt show: it's Australian, you don't need to perform much upkeep given everything is rusty and abandoned and it's the perfect theme for a stunt show.

Edited Friday at 07:14 AM by TBoy

[themagician]

27 minutes ago, Smol bean said:

would make a great stunt show

It certainly would and they used to have one!

[franky]

Live in hope, but it could end up just being another main street performance like Wonder Woman/Catwoman

[Ogre]

Might be a new mini event for the Spring Holidays, like "Music on Main" they did in 2023  - but with "action"?

[ryengil]

Im with Ogre, a small holiday event of sorts - or it could just be an early announcement for Hooray for Hollywood?

[Gazza]

Something to do with Village Key?

[Brad2912]

That program was disbanded about 12 months ago now 

[Noll_57]

On 22/8/2025 at 5:07 PM, TBoy said:

I would love a Mad Max stunt show: it's Australian, you don't need to perform much upkeep given everything is rusty and abandoned and it's the perfect theme for a stunt show.

I’m very surprised that Mad Max hasn’t had any major presence at the park thus far. It seems like it would be the perfect IP for them to utilize in a big way. 

[webslave]

Showtime FMX is who runs the shows, and they seem like a bunch of revheads who only seem to make shows for themselves.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 23/08/2025 at 3:55 PM, Brad2912 said:

That program was disbanded about 12 months ago now 

Like that would ever stop them.

On 23/08/2025 at 10:19 PM, webslave said:

Showtime FMX is who runs the shows, and they seem like a bunch of revheads who only seem to make shows for themselves.

Like any external group, they'd have a contract. the contract could be up. 

[webslave]

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Like any external group, they'd have a contract. the contract could be up.

Seems to me that VRTP seem to give them a bit of a free hand, because their stuff is so samey across multiple shows.

Want a laugh?  From their website:

Quote

In February 2014, after performing special event shows across the previous four years ShowTime Entertainment Group became the official contractor of the feature stunt show at Movie World, which saw the introduction of the brand new show 'Hollywood Stunt Driver 2'. With a new team and new high performance vehicles, the new show has had Movie World guests and senior management talking that it has been the best show they have seen in years, which is a credit to the creativity and drive behind the ShowTime Entertainment Group brand.

Lordy, lordy.  Have mercy.

[Levithian]

It's 100% how village like it. They basically set the price for how much they are willing to spend and showtime went away to develop a show for it. 

They were absolutely bleeding money with the first incarnation of HSD. The vehicles alone cost eye watering amounts to modify/maintain/keep running for the show, so when someone came along and struck a deal to take all that off their hands, they saw it as a blessing. 

It's just another example of their priorities changing during the late early teens. Within reason, when previously continuing to run police academy even after the guest numbers dropped off, then with HSD which replaced it, the main emphasis was on the show quality with running costs being more a secondary consideration. IE, they didn't want to see the guest experience suffer because they didn't provide enough $$$$$ to put on a decent show. Now? I don't think you could say that guest experience is the leading consideration in anything village do. 

Edited 14 hours ago by Levithian

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

1 hour ago, Levithian said:

I don't think you could say that guest experience is the leading consideration in anything village do. 

Except, of course, as we all know, the decision to switch doomsday to neutered B-mode was entirely and exclusively due to guest feedback. /s

[New display name]

The theme parks should stop getting their feedback from nursing homes.  Shaded seating replacing attractions.  Rides turning off fun mode.

Edited 10 hours ago by New display name

[wikiverse]

One of the greatest things I've ever experienced in my life is the queue for the Flume at Seoul Land.  It's about a 90+ minute wait to get on the ride, the queue is just switchbacks under an awning (similar to Murrissippi Motors), but they have slim benches (maybe 8 inches wide) lining one side of the switchback all along the line.  So you can actually sit down in the shade, while queuing and just slide along when the line moves.

But to get back on topic, new 'Action' could be anything.  It could be a street show, stunt show, showcase or just an announcement for a Doomsday replacement. 

[themagician]

7 hours ago, Levithian said:

They were absolutely bleeding money with the first incarnation of HSD

Plus the car jump and fire ball were expensive, which is what they are no longer part of the show. If I remember correctly, the car that was ‘jumping’ would ‘smash’ through foam bricks to add to the effect and they would have to rebuild the wall between shows, but that didn’t last long before of the time and effort it took.

[Levithian]

The jump car was never recertified, that put an end to that ever being put back in use with a new show. It was still there, mitsubishi lancer body and all up until a few years ago. The fireball was fine for a very, very long time into the new show. Neglect and the fact that it was a major project to remove and replace pneumatic components hidden inside the wall and overhaul the control system that triggered it is what put an end to it. Risk aversive fun police put the brakes on anything remotely dangerous (even in a controlled setting). 

I don't remember the jump car crashing through walls though? I remember the "launch" side was a fake poster looking curtain that hid the launch ram and the "landing" side was a doorway, made it look like it was the opening to an alfresco. It was a frame with half a fibreglass shell that was bolted to a carriage a lot like a coaster car. There was a curved section of track it ran along below the wall. Not sure they would have wanted anything nearby that could fall onto the track/into the wheels. 

I'm probably wrong, but was there something in the lower door opening at one stage? between the barn doors that swung open and the same drop style curtain currently in use where the polaris jumps through?

[ShakeShack]

1 hour ago, Levithian said:

The jump car was never recertified, that put an end to that ever being put back in use with a new show. It was still there, mitsubishi lancer body and all up until a few years ago. The fireball was fine for a very, very long time into the new show. Neglect and the fact that it was a major project to remove and replace pneumatic components hidden inside the wall and overhaul the control system that triggered it is what put an end to it. Risk aversive fun police put the brakes on anything remotely dangerous (even in a controlled setting). 

I don't remember the jump car crashing through walls though? I remember the "launch" side was a fake poster looking curtain that hid the launch ram and the "landing" side was a doorway, made it look like it was the opening to an alfresco. It was a frame with half a fibreglass shell that was bolted to a carriage a lot like a coaster car. There was a curved section of track it ran along below the wall. Not sure they would have wanted anything nearby that could fall onto the track/into the wheels. 

I'm probably wrong, but was there something in the lower door opening at one stage? between the barn doors that swung open and the same drop style curtain currently in use where the polaris jumps through?

When it first launched and for quite a few years after that, it would crash through a set of fake bricks, that formed a wall that hid the hole. Show Techs would have to rebuild this after every show.