The deal means that BBC properties such as Doctor Who, Top Gear, and Sherlock could be made available to join Paramount Pictures IP such as Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and The Godfather in the theme park, which is planned for a site on the Thames River east of London, in North Kent, adjacent to the Ebbsfleet International train station.
This is a "development agreement," rather than a final contract, so no specific attractions are yet approved for the project, which has been conducting "public consultation" meetings in the London area as part of its permitting and approval process. A final decision on whether to approve the park is expected from authorities in 2016.
The London Paramount Entertainment Resort is now planned for an Easter 2020 opening, and would include 12 major rides in its theme park, as well as an indoor water park, hotels with a combined 5,000 rooms, and a 2,000-seat live-performance theater.
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May also be great for Disneyland Paris, as they will need to invest to compete when this opens.
Sort of bummed that there won't be a Tardis in a Disney park. Was kind of hoping that would happen.
The BBC has a deal with Alton Towers for a children's land based on its CBeebies franchise, so I doubt that anything its negotiating with the Paramount development will be a world-wide, all-IP exclusive. That said, Disney seems much more likely to develop its own IP than to contract these days (Avatar notwithstanding). But if Doctor Who makes it into this park and is successful, that increases the chances of the franchise making into other parks around the world, even if with another partner.
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