After all, JK Rowling’s books have sold about 400 million copies compared with 250 million for Asterix and 160 million for Tintin. Harry Potter is going to be with us for generations. Johnson makes the point that JK Rowling is no flash in the pan. The studio wanted to build a theme park in Hillingdon, west London back in the 90s but the plan never came to anything. Presumably, Warner Bros also shuddered at the labyrinthine planning permissions you would need to build a theme park in London. The mayor’s spokesman says Florida made Warner an offer London could not match. He wrote to Warner Bros 18 months ago, well after the studio’s discussions with Universal Studios theme parks were underway. It sounds as if Mayor Johnson left it too late anyway.

“I appeal to the children of this country and to their Potter-fiend parents to write to Warner Bros and Universal, and perhaps, even, to the great JK herself” Johnson has written in his weekly Daily Telegraph newspaper column.

Mayor Johnson says it would be “utterly mad” to leave it to Americans “to make money from a great British invention”. Johnson has called for the public to write to Warner Bros, petitioning for a second theme park to be built in London. Its current lands are themed around classic cartoon characters like Batman, Superman, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, and the Flintstones.The studio ignored London mayor Boris Johnson’s plea to site the Wizarding World of Harry Potter over here rather than Florida. The park, located on Abu Dhabi's leisure-centered Yas Island, bills itself as the largest indoor theme park in the world. CEO wants a 'Harry Potter' sequel: But fans – and the stars – might not Universal Orlando: What's the difference? World Abu Dhabi says it will 'invite fans to step inside iconic locations from the wizarding world, seen in an all-new way.' Discovery, said in a statement shared by the Wizarding World, the official fan site for all things Harry Potter.ĭetails for the new land have not been revealed, but Warner Bros. 'Together with our lands at Universal Parks, this will add a wholly new and spectacular destination for fans to immerse themselves in,' Pam Lifford, president of Global Brands and Experiences at Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.Īccording to the park, it will be the first Harry Potter-themed land in the Middle East. A newly announced Harry Potter-themed land is being developed for Warner Bros.

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