Don’t you dare summon the one with an account for his brotherI saw this great idea a while back for an Iron Maiden house...
Don’t you dare summon the one with an account for his brotherI saw this great idea a while back for an Iron Maiden house...
Does anybody think the Billie replacement will be some kind of music house? I can't think of any artists as big as Billie but she was being used to draw in a certain demographic and I'm just curious if they will try to find a replacement that would also bring that same demographic to the event.
Good post. It’s important to remember that the Eilish situation is not the same as Scream/Purge or Conjuring/Hive. Those were conversions of houses that were mostly built. Eilish is more akin to the Chubacabra/Transformers situation where an under-construction house was canceled. That house hasn’t returned, though it’s rumored the costumes for the Beasts legion were from the canceled house. We don’t even know what, if anything, was reused from it in previous years. And that’s with an original that didn’t have any sort of IP holder.With this situation, just about anything can happen. It's not a firm "No" because of that, but I'm personally not expecting one.
Previously with house replacements, we've have Scream and Conjuring turned last minute into The Purge and Hive respectively, due to losing the original IP's in one form or another while the house was being constructed. A&D had to work with the settings and scenes they had to have a replacement theme work it. You also have minor situations like 2017's HoB which had to replace the Ouija scene with the Purge, which applies to this scenario.
More recently, we've had the situation of them gaining the rights to "US" later in the season, and straight-up replacing Tooth Fairy in order to have it.
The replacement of Billie Eilish is in a unique spot. If it was pulled yet the event still went on last year, they probably would've turned it into a original "nightmares" house since that's what the general theme was for B.E. However the event didn't happen, so the house was both pulled and scrapped since the house wasn't finished...leaving that venue back to square one with over a year to come up with a new house.
Now if they still want to roll with a nightmares themed house, they totally can. But since they can do that, or any other theme -and- the fact Billie Eilish was a "Now or Never" situation...I personally don't think they'll be aiming for a music house as it's replacement.
Wishlist? Not really on mine, great games but I have my own inner feelings about why it doesn't belong at HHN which I won't share here.I don't think there is any legitimate reason to speculate FNaF as a replacement for Billie over any other horror property with a release in the next year or two. It personally feels more like Hellraiser/The Thing-style wishlisting to me.
I do wonder what the negotiating price for the rights to FNaF from Scott Cawthon would be compared to Sony with Ghostbusters or Netflix with Stranger Things. Even if the series isn't as big as it used to be, I wonder if the price was low enough if it would even matter?
An IP knockoff may not be too far off as you are stating if the the clashing between Murdy and Jason was as bad as some say...Five Nights at Freddy's isn't going to get a maze if/until the movie gets made. They won't do an IP knockoff for obvious reasons. I could maybe see them doing an original that plays with a similar theme - see Interstellar Terorr/Event Horizon - but even then, the movie is so close that I imagine they will wait.
Do we know if there was a reason they wouldn't use SoTL last year? I assumed it was because of controversial themes.Good post. It’s important to remember that the Eilish situation is not the same as Scream/Purge or Conjuring/Hive. Those were conversions of houses that were mostly built. Eilish is more akin to the Chubacabra/Transformers situation where an under-construction house was canceled. That house hasn’t returned, though it’s rumored the costumes for the Beasts legion were from the canceled house. We don’t even know what, if anything, was reused from it in previous years. And that’s with an original that didn’t have any sort of IP holder.
Conceptually, I hope A&D revisits the idea of a “sleep demons” house. However it’s just as likely the next Shrek house is designed from scratch. Shoot, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re able to swing Silence of the Lambs and stick that in Shrek.
They couldn’t secure the rights.Do we know if there was a reason they wouldn't use SoTL last year? I assumed it was because of controversial themes.
Good post. It’s important to remember that the Eilish situation is not the same as Scream/Purge or Conjuring/Hive. Those were conversions of houses that were mostly built. Eilish is more akin to the Chubacabra/Transformers situation where an under-construction house was canceled. That house hasn’t returned, though it’s rumored the costumes for the Beasts legion were from the canceled house. We don’t even know what, if anything, was reused from it in previous years. And that’s with an original that didn’t have any sort of IP holder.
Conceptually, I hope A&D revisits the idea of a “sleep demons” house. However it’s just as likely the next Shrek house is designed from scratch. Shoot, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re able to swing Silence of the Lambs and stick that in Shrek.
I don't want to sound like the pessimist of the group here, but is there even a need to replace the Billie house at all for this year's event? Just think about a few factors at play here: