August 31, 2014 – Earlier this week, the GameStop at Citywalk, located next to the 5 Towers stage, served its final customer. This move is part of a larger “GameStop 3.0” initiative from the company, closing approximately 120 stores of the more than 6,000 locations in their portfolio, as they attempt to diversify into mobile products and close unprofitable shops. Originally an EB Games before GameStop merged with the company back in 2005, this store was designated as a flagship location, often frequented with high profile guests and events, like midnight releases for Guitar Hero: World Tour, or signing events…
Author: Joe Matt
August 25, 2014 – First on Inside Universal – Inside Universal has learned from multiple sources that one of the oldest stages on the Universal lot, soundstage 28, is set to close. The soundstage is most famous for being the location where, in 1925, The Phantom of the Opera was filmed. The set pieces were left in there to this day, under the belief it was haunted. As the soundstage is closed, Phantom’s set pieces are rumored to be removed and preserved. The area where the stage currently occupies is one of the largest spots on the Lower Lot, and…
August 18, 2014 – While this site is primarily focused around the original Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood, California, we felt that other Universal parks deserve some attention as well. We don’t intend to replace them as a news source, but merely wish to highlight developments outside of Hollywood because they often tie back to our park as a guideline for what to expect in the future. » Universal Studios Japan Far and away, the biggest news out of Osaka was the opening of their Wizarding World of Harry Potter last month. After the success in Orlando, it was…
August 5, 2014 – Late last night, Universal revealed that Alien vs. Predator will be the next property to be featured as a maze during their annual Halloween Horror Nights, held on soundstage 747 on the Universal backlot. The Alien vs. Predator franchise is a long lasting 20th Century Fox property that consists of nine movies, countless comic books, and even more novels and video games, and now for the first time as a Halloween Horror Nights maze. The Halloween Horror Nights story begins with a Predator ship carrying Alien specimens crashing in a remote forest, and they began fighting…