Just heard that the next two themes for JJP after the recent DI release have already been chosen, and for a long time too. 
Plus, one is expected in 2017. Time to predict.
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Word on the street is Toy Story.
Personally, I'm wishing with all the power I have (the ability to type into forums and chat rooms) that one of JJPs future themes is Harry Potter.
Please based JJP, see this. Harry Potter. Ramps that move and change sides like the staircases do. Disappearing ball. Pls, I need this.
Lincoln, NE
Rumors toy story, muppets, and pirates of Caribbean. I heard potc from a very accurate source, so who knows. All 3 would be cool and yes, a Harry Potter could be sweet to.
Honestly anything cinematic I can really get behind. I love that they did an original theme and I'd love to see original themes in the future too... but JJP does cinematic games SO well. The over-the-top quality, the huge screen, the intricate attention to detail. It really brings you into those movie theater experiences. That's why I'm really hoping for a Harry Potter someday. I bet they could make it seem pretty magical.
I would love to see Harry Potter. That said, expectations would be so insanely high for that pin, I shudder to think about the pinside reaction after the reveal. 
I would be too busy staring at my preorder receipt to come to Pinside for at least a week 
Edit: also just saw the Inside Out pin idea, that could be sweet. Could use clear tubes for the habitrails too!
Toy Story is what I heard, and I am hoping that it is true. I would love a Toy Story Game! Harry Potter is one of 4-5 must buy themes for me, but from everything I have heard/read it will never happen.
There are rumors Rowling doesn't like pinball, but there's a Pinball machine in the Weasley house in one of the films! And maybe she could be convinced it's not luck-based, but skill based just like how pinball's prohibition ended! I'll stop posting about HP now so as to not make this a HP Pinball thread but man, there's so much potential in that theme. Agreed, must-buy for me and the wife. We made a preorder pact for the LE/CE if it's ever announced 
Old school Willy Wonka is another I'd love.
I've seen people post on pinside (folks that have a good track record with legit information) that Rowling has come around on Pinball and that a part of her problem previously was specific to Stern. I've heard both JJP and Heighway tossed around as far as an HP machine goes, though, so who knows? All I know is I want one and would buy it pretty much no matter what.
I wouldn't bet on anything until it's announced. A lot of things can happen. Getting the Hobbit license shelved two I heard of. Pat wanting to do an unlicensed game shelved another.
They could be gone for good. Or pop up as needed.
Exciting times for sure.
LTG : )
Maple Ridge, BC
Well we know Stern isn't doing Willy Wonka based on 2017 list and its not their style.
Woz was a great earning slot machine with awesome assets, so is Willy Wonka, right down the JJP alley.
Plus its an absolute home run winner that JJP could overcharge people like me, unlike DI. It's a shame Pat didn't pick Willy to do.
Id love to see a really good potc, great theme. Toystory would be a great family theme as mentioned.
Quoted from libtech:Id love to see a really good potc, great theme. Toystory would be a great family theme as mentioned.
POTC would be weird since Stern did it quasi-recently. I'm sure a better game could be designed, but they can't copy the ship ...and how to do you out-toy that toy for this theme ?
Sydney
Quoted from Tsskinne:James Bond
That goes without saying right at the top of the list, always!
Willy Wonka would be great! Especially after the recent departure of Gene Wilder. What a great tribute that would be!
My kids would dig a Cars or Planes pin...or a combo of both themes since it's pretty much the same world.
Quoted from cooked71:Can we get Pat on this?
Pat on Toy Story would be amazing, I'm not sure he wants to do licensed themes though.
Quoted from solarvalue:Pat on Toy Story would be amazing, I'm not sure he wants to do licensed themes though.
I think he'd be open to it if it was a theme he liked. I think his issue with Stern wasn't so much themes, but themes he didn't want to do.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:revenge of the nerds
Well that would be my first JJP pin for sure, although it won't happen as that film is for adults and JJP games are for little kids and families, what a shame that a company capable of building such nice pinball machines wastes their time with bad themes, Toy Story, Harry potter come on. 
Quoted from solarvalue:Pat on Toy Story would be amazing, I'm not sure he wants to do licensed themes though.
Pat + a licensed theme is a home run. He's had his DI.
Wow...really? I think they can do better....Unless of course there are a whole lot of children buying pinball machines....
I'd like Pat to start work on his next original theme... now that he's back in the saddle and warmed back up with DI, the next one could be through the roof.
2017... Hrrmm.. Toy story would be a likely buy for me but what I really want to see is a JPP scifi / space theme. Guardians of the Galaxy or Star Wars (yeah sterns rumored to have those)... But JJP could score grand slams with either...
2018... Pat original #2
I think you're getting ahead of yourselves with this thread. JJP still has a lot to prove by building and shipping dialed in in 2017. Just because jack said it would doesn't mean much.
Yup I knew that comment wouldn't be far off - Hobbit then Dialed In then something else is next and it's not what the consensus pick here seems to be.
Quoted from konghusker:Rumors toy story, muppets, and pirates of Caribbean. I heard potc from a very accurate source, so who knows. All 3 would be cool and yes, a Harry Potter could be sweet to.
I think Pirates of the Caribbean would be a very disappointing theme and Muppets would be a very odd choice.
Toy story on the other hand could be fun. Callouts like "To infinity and beyond" and "Another stunt like that, cowboy, you going to get us killed." That would be great. And the toys that come alive...A Mr Egg Head toy on the play field would take me right back to my childhood.
Nostalgia, check. Family friendly, check. Fun, check. Appeal to multiple age groups, check. It has real potential.
Curious - why would POTC be disappointing?
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