Paramount Pictures has confirmed that is to build a theme park in the coastal Murcia region of Spain.

As previously reported in Leisure Opportunities, the 2.5sq km complex would create 20,000 jobs, increase the number of tourists to the area by three million and require 15,000 hotel rooms.

In a statement, Paramount Licensing said it "will not be an investor in the project but will licence intellectual property from its vast library of films and provide conceptual master planning and design for the project”.

"More details about the project will be announced in the next few months."

Neither the project cost nor investor information have been released as yet.