It's a pet peeve of mine (along with the unfounded LOTR to Disney stuff, which is about as likely as JRR Tolkien rising from the grave to become a performer in Cirque du Soleil.). By his side, the chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Kevin Tsujihara, said any idea that Western fictional characters might not translate to Middle East audiences was misplaced. Two years before Disney bought Marvel, Universal opted not to renew those theme park rights for the western half of the United States, and the Marvel characters left Universal Studios Hollywood in at the end of 2007. Agreed, a trade has been done in the past. Remember, the value here is exponentially more than Al Michaels, so Disney would have to offer something of substantially more value. You are going to put that cell phone down when you go on these rides,” he said. In Japan and the United States east of the Mississippi: Universal. But years before, Marvel had sold the theme park rights to its characters to Universal Studios. As part of that deal, Time Warner also sold Premier (which then renamed itself "Six Flags") the long-term theme park rights to its comic and cartoon characters, including Batman, Superman and Bugs Bunny. Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is an indoor amusement park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, owned and developed by Miral Asset Management at an expected cost of $1 billion.
I would think Universal have thought it through before accepting Legendary.
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. entertainment firm and local holding company, Miral Asset Management. So while Disney doesn't have to do any work for the upcoming "The Wolverine", they get a cut of the profits from Fox. Thank you, Mr. Niles. Warner Bros. opens indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi, Warner Bros CEO: Abu Dhabi theme park ‘something we can be proud of’.
Al Mubarak said he expected the amusement park to “grow and grow” as more characters and stories were added to the roster. Report: Legendary Pictures moves to Universal - new theme park attractions next. Tsujihara said he was confident the park could withstand competition from rivals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. So unless you hear about another deal coming, don't get too caught up daydreaming about a Gotham Island at Universal or an Avengers ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The owning rights in this day and age can be a bit confusing at times. Or, is there no distinction between the two here? We want to hear from you. Elsewhere in the world: Disney. Gold Coast theme park attractions. That would be awesome. The park contains 29 Most interesting, Warner Bros. has some ways to get out of the deal.
“The messages of hope and goodness, and the villainy, aren’t specific to any country whatsoever and being part of this region just feels like a natural extension for these characters,” he said. Also, from what I read in the contract, Universal can't expand the Marvel area without input from Marvel (aka Disney.)