Warner Bros. Theme Park to Open New Harry Potter Land

Hopefully the standards set by UC will be maintained here. Are the park and it's subcontractors developing this project working directly with JK Rowling as UC was forced to do when creating the WWoHP projects at Universal Parks around the world?

There are a couple of traveling HP attractions as well as the permanent attractions in New York and London, but most reviews of those experiences note that they're inferior to UC's lands.

I’ll be laughing if it turns out to be another Hogsmeade clone. It would be good for the locals but it’s less incentive for many to make the travel to this park.

Hogsmeade wouldn’t work as well in an indoor park as Diagon Alley or the Ministry. I would bet on one or both of those.

Would they technically even allowed to clone an attraction from Universal? What are the licensing terms here, I wonder. I realize that WB is the studio that owns the rights to the Potter films, so I guess technically they are being licensed to Universal and not the other way around. Robert, do you have any idea as to how and what this park can do in terms of it’s possible relation to what’s come before?

Just like Disneyland could not copy Universal’s Spider-Man ride, WBWAD will not be able to copy Forbidden Journey or Escape from Gringotts. But whatever company Miral selects to head up design of the new attraction (Thinkwell Group again?) will have clear use of the IP, characters, settings and stories, so long as WB and JK Rowling approve whatever they propose to do.

It's probably too early to talk about ride systems, but WBWAD has a Kuka arm dark ride, a motion-base dark ride, a flying theater, an interactive dark ride (and it's my all-time favorite shooter ride, BTW), a trackless dark ride, a flume ride, a Zamperla spinning coaster, and an Intamin inverted family coaster, as well as some flats, so there's already a well-established variety in this park.

I guess a more specific way of asking my question would be whether or not they are able to use the specific IP of the potter film verse: re-creations of movie sets, actors from the films, John Williams score, etc? Of course, without copying any of the Universal attractions, this creative team would still have heaps of content from which to pluck, as the Potter universe is still ripe with potential.
And not for nothing, the idea of a potter land based solely on the writings of J. K. Rowling without hewing closely to the films is also very enticing as well. So many fans know the characters from the films so it might be a tougher sell to audiences looking for something immediately familiar, but it would also be creatively an open-ended book if you will…

Thanks for helping clear this up Robert!
To paraphrase Bobby Boucher, “Mama said IP licensing rights gives her the brain pain”

Warner Bros licenses all the film IP so they should be clear to use it in their own park. But Universal filmed a ton of stuff with the actors during the HP films’ production, and that footage remains Universal’s property. WBWAD can’t use that.

I see. Thank you good sir

Before opening, after construction is complete, David Zaslav will announce the land's closure and demolition as a tax write-off.

Okay, I laughed at that.

An interesting story.LOL

INDOORS, so...
I think, it's much more interesting to look at what the WB HP studio tour in Londen is actually offering. (Real sets and rebuilt sets)
Let's not make the speculations too complicated.
That is "their own" already existing HP theme park. It's logic, WB will built further on the London type of experience, and will not even blink an eye on Universal.