QUICK TAKES - June 19, 2009
Universal Studios staged a homecoming Thursday for Courthouse Square.
The outdoor set, best known as the town square from the “Back to the Future” films, welcomed the first backstage tour tram since it was destroyed a year ago when a fire ripped through the back lot. Roofers using a blowtorch accidentally started the blaze, which also destroyed the King Kong attraction, a video vault and other outdoor sets.
Stilt walkers dressed as hippies, members of the USC marching band and actors portraying such characters as Eddie Murphy’s Nutty Professor and Doc Brown from the “Back to the Future” films emerged from the courthouse during a ceremony to welcome the first tram, which was christened with a bottle of champagne.
New adjacent exterior sets -- including New York, London and modern streetscapes -- are under construction and scheduled to open in spring 2010. A new 3-D King Kong attraction based on Peter Jackson’s 2005 film is slated to swing onto the tour next summer.
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