Sony Pictures, Dubai Theme Park Partner — hollywoodreporter.com

Sony Pictures is taking a page from the playbook of other entertainment giants that have licensed their properties to theme park operators. Sony films, including Smurfs, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, Ghostbusters, Underworld and Zombieland, are set to become attractions at a planned theme park in the Middle East. Under a deal between Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Dubai Parks and Resorts that was announced early this week, the planned Motiongate Dubai, a Hollywood-inspired theme park being built in the United Arab Emirates, will feature a "Sony Pictures Park and Smurfs Zone."

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