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Fox Announces Dubai Theme Park With ‘Aliens’ and ‘Predator’
Is Brad a fortune teller or what? Back in 2011, Brad posted an April Fool’s Joke that said Dubai would be receiving a “Slasher-themed Amusement Park” for 2015. It was obviously something written in jest but it turns out that Brad wasn’t far off from the truth. In fact, he pretty much hit the nail right on the head.
Today it’s been announced that Al Ahli Holding Group has worked out an international licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to create a Fox-branded theme park in, just as Brad predicted, Dubai.
Direct from the press release, “20th Century Fox World, Dubai, an immersive entertainment destination, will encompass themed lands featuring unique attractions, rides and retail outlets that will bring to life the studio’s iconic film and television franchises.”
The theme park is set to open in 2018.
Below are the highlights of what the theme park will include:
· Theme park consisting of themed lands and attractions based on Fox properties, including, Ice Age, Rio, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Night at the Museum and Titanic, The Simpsons and Sons of Anarchy.
· A broad attraction mix, ranging from media-based dark rides to thrill rides that will tell new stories based on Fox film and television brands.· A themed retail street featuring unique shopping and dining based on Fox properties.
· The world’s first Fox-themed resort hotel.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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