Which film franchise was based on a ride at Disney theme parks?
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts World of Disney anthology television series in 1997. In 2000, Touchstone Pictures made "Mission to Mars" based on the closed ride of the same name. Walt Disney Pictures took the Country Bear Jamboree attraction and made it into "The Country Bears" in 2002. In 2003, Walt Disney Pictures issued two ride-based films in "" and "The Haunted Mansion". "Pirates of the Caribbean" launched a film series and a franchise. After four Pirates sequels, the franchise took in more than $5.4 billion worldwide. Disney Publishing Worldwide started mining Disney Parks with its The Kingdom Keepers series. The first novel of the
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts expand the presence of "Star Wars" throughout their theme parks (though it was initially unclear which parks) and could also create an entire theme park area dedicated to the film franchise. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger indicated that plans were to match what Universal Orlando did when they expanded and added a Harry Potter themed section to two of their theme parks. In 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm, which includes the rights to the "Star Wars" franchise and "Indiana Jones" franchise (which is also expected to see an increase in presence at the theme parks), and in December 2015, Disney