[Denver]

The UK has a lot of things going for it, there's no doubt about that, but one thing it doesn't have is a theme park to rival the likes of Disneyland...

Until now. Or, technically, at least until 2021.

Yep, your childhood dreams are set to come true as Paramount is gearing up to open the Paramount London Entertainment Resort, which pretty much looks like Disneyland but British.

The park, which will be the first of its kind in the UK, will be packed with rides and attractions for children and families, as well as indoor and open-air entertainment events, all in "themed zones".

Paramount Pictures has teamed up with the likes of the BBC and Aardman Animations in the hope of creating stage shows and live acts, so you could soon be rubbing shoulders with The Doctor and the Daleks, Wallace and Gromit and delving into the worlds of Star Trek, Indiana Jones and Transformers.

Exciting stuff, we know.

London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the firm in charge of the project, plans to bring the entertainment resort to the Swanscombe peninsula in north Kent.

Humphrey Percy, CEO of the venture's parent company Kuwaiti European Holdings, said of the plans (via the Daily Mail): "We're working with world-class theme park design companies to make sure that we have a real attraction.

"I'm talking about companies that have their headquarters in California and support the major film studios and attractions across the world."

Adding that the park will be an "amazing and exciting" attraction, Humphrey promised: "We will make sure that this experience is for the whole family."

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/new...ourites-to-uk/

[T*]

i'm sure i've been hearing of this since like 2014

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by T*

i'm sure i've been hearing of this since like 2014

Earlier than that. I'd heard of a 'Wallace & Gromit' theme park for absolute years.

[Black Dagger]

And if it does happen it'll be London based anyway, so bore off @ that.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

And if it does happen it'll be London based anyway, so bore off @ that.

well no one would ****ing visit it if it was in St Helens

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

well no one would ****ing visit it if it was in St Helens

Smithy going for Lucas and getting me instead.

[arista]

Yes Adam
I did a thread on this a long time ago.

Its Good it is Not
Disney

[Jake.]

yeah it's being built round the corner from me lol

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jake.

yeah it's being built round the corner from me lol

how nice

[Toy Soldier]

"Wallace and Gromit Land" doesn't really have the same ring to it, does it...

[Kizzy]

So some foreign investor wants to carve up huge swathes of the Kent countryside?
Well we are bargain basement Britain....everything must go

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So some foreign investor wants to carve up huge swathes of the Kent countryside?
Well we are bargain basement Britain....everything must go

It will bring billions in tourism

[Cal.]

We have Alton Towers!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cal.

We have Alton Towers!

Some people LIKE having legs .

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Some people LIKE having legs .

OOF!

[Cherie]

They were going to build this in Murcia in Spain about 10 years ago, load of nonsense

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They were going to build this in Murcia in Spain about 10 years ago, load of nonsense

Good job they did not
So many homes not sold.

Once ALL the ground is dug up
Done Deal Cherie

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They were going to build this in Murcia in Spain about 10 years ago, load of nonsense

Murcia is literally one big building site too.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Some people LIKE having legs .

****ing screeching

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Cal.

We have Alton Towers!

That place is a rundown sh*thole.

[Glenn.]

It will be good if it gets the go ahead. It's been pushed back so many times already.

[Tregard]

I remember Top Gear was supposed to be a major part of this too, no doubt that's fallen off a bit now.

I'd actually be worried by 2021 Doctor Who will have lost a bit of it's relevance, they seem to have issue with the fact outside of DW and Wallace & Gromit perhaps, none of the IPs they'd be working with are timeless enough to sustain a theme park.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Tregard

I remember Top Gear was supposed to be a major part of this too, no doubt that's fallen off a bit now.

I'd actually be worried by 2021 Doctor Who will have lost a bit of it's relevance, they seem to have issue with the fact outside of DW and Wallace & Gromit perhaps, none of the IPs they'd be working with are timeless enough to sustain a theme park.

This a USA Paramount
with some UK features.

So USA rides matter MORE

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Tregard

I remember Top Gear was supposed to be a major part of this too, no doubt that's fallen off a bit now.

I'd actually be worried by 2021 Doctor Who will have lost a bit of it's relevance, they seem to have issue with the fact outside of DW and Wallace & Gromit perhaps, none of the IPs they'd be working with are timeless enough to sustain a theme park.

I'm very surprised Harry Potter hasn't been mentioned.

Still huge and popular globally and they have nothing in the series' home country to compare with the Wizarding World thing they've built in America.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I'm very surprised Harry Potter hasn't been mentioned.

Still huge and popular globally and they have nothing in the series' home country to compare with the Wizarding World thing they've built in America.

Universal hold the rights to Harry Potter in terms of theme parks.