Move over, Bugs Bunny and Batman: Atlanta's next theme park could be based on a brutal dystopian world full of prepubescent homicide and gravity-defying thrills! The New York Times reports that roller coasters and other attractions based on "Hunger Games" movies will anchor two new theme parks by film company Lionsgate — one in Macau, China and another somewhere in metro Atlanta. The studio has licensed "Hunger Games" and other movies — including the "Twilight" series — to developers planning to build an attraction near Atlanta called "Avatron Smart Park," and one official told the newspaper that financing efforts to raise a needed $625 million to build the entertainment destination are "really far along."
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