Ok, if they won't do it, I'll have to do it myself. Going to have a look down the back of my sofa. If I find twelve million quid, I'm doing Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, The Ride.
Preshow - Dark room, skyscape screen over the common, Richard Burton narrating how human affairs are being scrutinised across the timeless void of space as we might study creatures that swarm and a multiply in a drop of water. Green flares erupt from Mars and rain down on the common to the tune of the chances of anything coming from Mars.
Scene 2, Metal cylinder embedded in ground at night on the common. Slowly unscrewing. The parson approaches offering peace in the name of humanity, when suddenly, the lid falls off, the parson bursts into flames, the first victim of this Savage deadly heat ray. Quick glimpse of an awkard, clumsy slavering Martian larger that a bear.
Scene 3 Ride vehicle makes its escape, Screens and projection mapping show tripods and burning cities in distance.
Scene 4 A fanfare of the arrival of the military, but when we enter the street scene, they are utterly defeated, burning tanks, dead soldiers, etc.
Scene 5 Enter a house to escape, it's dark in the basement. Oversize sets to make us feel small. Surround used to indicate something moving around. Jump scare as martian appears.
Scene 6 Physicals sets, screens and projection mapping. The Thunderchild, mankind's last hope of victory, downs one of the tripods and everyone cheering before the martians melt her valiant heart.
Scene 7 Desolate streets, bombed out buildings, dead bodies, everything covered by the red weed.
Scene 8 A few sets featuring well known landmarks, with tripods and martians finally slain by humble microbes after all of mankind efforts have failed.
I love H G Wells original treatment, but Hollywood hasn't been kind to him. The 50's version was ok, the Tom Cruise version was terrible. Jeff Wayne really understood what Wells was trying to do and his musical version is brilliant. It's the only version that would make a great dark ride. The Marian cries of Ulah, are absolutely terrifying and gave me nightmares as a kid. An incredible musical masterpiece and rich pickings for a physical transit dark ride.
Anyway, back to the sofa... I've got 18 pence so far. Don't worry, I'll keep looking.