1 hour ago, Levram__ said:

That's also not to say it wouldn't or couldn't return in the future if its creatively considered essential to the new show.

Is it still possible though? Didn't they build a big shelter \ workshop right out behind the arena where the effect systems were?

The shed was built on this grassed area behind the arena, but I haven’t seen any up to date satellite images that show its full scale and whether it’s replaced these smaller buildings seen

@DaptoFunlandGuy are these the buildings you refer too? Otherwise does anyone know what they are/were used for?

28 minutes ago, themagician said:

The shed was built on this grassed area behind the arena, but I haven’t seen any up to date satellite images that show its full scale and whether it’s replaced these smaller buildings seen

@DaptoFunlandGuy are these the buildings you refer too? Otherwise does anyone know what they are/were used for?

Yeah thats the spot. pretty sure the old buildings were HWSD service facilities as the EVOs were stored out there a lot of the time. Pretty sure the new building was intended for float storage or something - it's got a pretty high clearance. 
I had thought they'd build that next to the service facility on the grass (I haven't been to the park in a while) but Skeets image shows they replaced one with the other so the effects \ pyro area looks like it's still intact for now.

Its my understanding the essential infrastructure for the fire ball still remains.  

Movie World’s new post on Superman’s extended closure does now confirm that a new entertainment offering is coming soon. This really only narrows it down now to either a new show in the arena, new musical/action show on Main Street or potentially a new show put back into the theater by WWF.

I'm leaning towards a new show in the stunt arena, but with the overblown puffery we've had from the park in the past 'new entertainment offering' could easily just be a new character appearance with a new background...

The sad part is that Showtime have enough talented performers (bikes, cars, etc.) that they could put on a good 'action' show with a proper concept/script/direction, but they just don't. I don't really understand why there is a truck on a lake at Sea World with BMX riders, when those same BMX riders could be contributing to a better action/stunt show at MW.

It's one thing to need to cut costs, or reduce risk, but a good concept and script only needs to be written once and then it costs nothing.  Same with allocating performers to the right park and the right show.

It would probably be more cost effective for Sea world to just invest in a really impressive fountain show, and put all the money for performers into MW, and both shows would be better than they currently are.

This has just been posted confirmation mg that a new arena show is coming and Showtime will not be invoked anymore!

I would be willing to buy another pass to MW, if it was a Mad Max show.

Edited September 2Sep 2 by New display name

24 minutes ago, themagician said:

This has just been posted confirmation mg that a new arena show is coming and Showtime will not be invoked anymore!

Here is the company doing the new show:

https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

 

We want you to be:
- Experienced in live stunt shows (where would you be getting such experience in AU?).
- Skilled in acting, improv, all-round stunts (the last two being mutually exclusive generally).
- A mechanic.

Should be plenty of applicants.

The era of donuts is over!

Edited September 2Sep 2 by LoZza

27 minutes ago, themagician said:

Showtime will not be invoked involved anymore!

I think you might need to read more than just the parts you want to read.  It patently is Showtime.

3 minutes ago, webslave said:

It patently is Showtime.

It's Showtime Entertainment Production group, not Showtime FMX.  Completely different companies.

MW are changing from this: https://www.showtimefmx.com/

to this: https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

 

Edited September 2Sep 2 by wikiverse

4 minutes ago, wikiverse said:

It's Showtime Entertainment Production group, not Showtime FMX.  Completely different companies.

MW are changing from this: https://www.showtimefmx.com/

to this: https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

 

I'm quite aware.  The new Showtime is French.  Either way, you still end up with a Showtime show.

31 minutes ago, wikiverse said:

Here is the company doing the new show:

https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

Their website lists projects from both Universal and Disney (Waterworld + Lion King) so I have hope in them, from the sounds of things it should be better than what Showtime FMX have done as they're more specified toward theme park specific shows rather than just stunt shows.

Just hope Village give them a large enough budget rather than cheapening out (which, unfortunately, would be expected nowdays).

Please please please be a Mad Max show, not "Hollywood Stunt Driver 3" although from the description it sounds like that might be the case. At least there is a varied amount of stunts it seems (it mentions multiple things such as highfalls and motorbike riding ) rather than just cars drifting around the whole show and nothing else.

Edited September 2Sep 2 by TBoy

I personally wouldn't mind a "Hollywood Stunt Driver 3" if they don't cheap out on it and do stunts as good if not better then HSD1, Include better audience participation that's more than a 5 second video at the end of the show and if they can really change up that script to be less corny, actually write some decent jokes and slapstick and make the story mildly engaging at a minium.

Edited September 2Sep 2 by Smol bean
Better phrasing of thought

I don't mind it if everyone in the audience takes part but I find individual audience participation only entertaining for the participant and the family/friends of the participant.

1 hour ago, TBoy said:

Hollywood Stunt Driver 3

My gut feel is this will be the case (or similar vibes with a different name). I assume they’ll have this new show ready for the Christmas holidays and if they were to change the theme of the show dramatically (ie Mad Max) that would require a full set rebuild. When the show changed from Police Academy to the original HSD it took 9 months. We are now less than 4 months away from Christmas and a rebuild isn’t going to happen im that time. I’d hope for some changes to the set, but nothing overall significant.

Just now, themagician said:

I’d hope for some changes to the set, but nothing overall significant.

The good part about Mad Max is you don't have to completely demolish and rebuild the set ala Police Academy -> Hollywood Stunt Driver. You can keep the shells of the buildings but make them look abandoned and dusty to fit the Mad Max theme.

But yeah, I feel that HSD3 is more likely unfortunately with a similar or identical set, hopefully the stunts make up for it.

39 minutes ago, themagician said:

I assume they’ll have this new show ready for the Christmas holidays

I wouldn’t put it past MW to get a final summer holiday out of HSD2 before closing the show to redo it(whether it’s a complete makeover or minor overhaul) to leave the new show as the big new addition they market for next year and save SDSC as the new thing for these summer school holidays. 

The old buildings behind HSD were actually carpenters sheds originally. Nothing to do with the services for the fireball or anything air related were out there. LPG storage vessel is against the fence further forward towards the gate, while the buildings remaining towards the grass hill behind/beside the new building they put up, cannot be removed easily. There is an energex feeder/substation (one of three in the park) there, while next door is a room full of services cabinets for stepping down and distributing power from the feeder. You don't actually own the substation and it's not something you just pickup and move with how integrated transmission lines are running to other services underground. Those two small buildings stayed right where they were. 

HSD guys used the carport for tyre related stuff for awhile, the one the superman float end up parked in permanently, but by large part, they have had a workshop tied to the back of house area for ages. It's directly behind the left corner of the set where the "parking garage" is. 

The reason why you used to see a HSD car frequently parked out the back was because the park took one of the black evo's and used it as a lead vehicle (police car) for the parades for a long time. They originally had a deal with Mitsubishi Australia, the cars were never plated with compliance plates, just build tags, they were never to be registered. They sold a bunch of the back lot cars off about... I want to say 7ish years ago. 3 of the evo's went as a package, but they also sold a few others like the remaining caprice from the police academy stunt show. 

6 hours ago, Smol bean said:

I wouldn’t put it past MW to get a final summer holiday out of HSD2 before closing the show to redo it(whether it’s a complete makeover or minor overhaul) to leave the new show as the big new addition they market for next year and save SDSC as the new thing for these summer school holidays. 

My understanding is HSD is due to close in October with the new show starting by the end of the year.

Out of curiosity. With the Roxy Theater how popular is well anime in Australia? The reason why is in case Village Roadshow takes a page from Universal, and adds a anime film in the Roxy Theater for their events?