Horror Museum in Colorado could be a money spinner

If things go as per plan, very soon there could emerge a horror themed museum in the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, that was the inspiration of Stephen King to write The Shining. The hotel hopes to raise $24m for the attraction, along with an exhibition space, 500-seat auditorium, production facilities and editing suites.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 23 October 2015.

The developers want to begin an educational program with the Colorado Film School and are seeking $11.5m in state tourism funds for the non-profit, public-private partnership project. Names like Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg and George A Romero are among the founding board members of the proposal.
As John Cullen, the owner of the hotel has remarked, the Stanley Film Center is a chance to give back something to the millions of horror fans around the world who have supported Estes Park and the hotel for so many years.
The hotel already offers "Ghost Adventure" packages and hosts an annual horror film festival and wants to improve on that.
Stephen King's best-selling 1977 was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 and it starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. It is even now recognized as a horror classic.
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Tom Cruise holds on for dear life in ‘Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation’

Tom Cruise and his mission impossible movies appear to be inseparable – and, in his latest Rogue Nation, he can be seen dangling on the wing of an Airbus A400m for dear life. It was a stunt that he performed for the latest Mission Impossible film. He was holding on to the wing by his fingertips.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 26 July 2015.

Tom Cruise loves to do his own stunts and, in this case, he had to clutch the side of an Airbus A400M as it was moving at 185mph – it was not quite what he was expected. In fact, it took every ounce of his strength to complete. The stunt scene was filmed at RAF Wittering in Lincolnshire and it involved number of rewrites before it was approved by Airbus.
Of course, he was wearing a harness under his suit for safety and, if he had lost his grip, he would have fallen several feet before it could have saved him. Moreover, he refused to wear protective goggles and, hence, was given special contact lenses to put over his eyes.
Major portions of the movie was filmed in London and there is a strong British cast supporting the Hollywood star. They include Simon Pegg and The White Queen's Rebecca Ferguson.
Tom Cruise narrated these experiences at the UK premiere of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation at the London Imax. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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