ANAHEIM, CA.- From its display at WonderCon 2019, the
Petersen Automotive Museum announced a new exhibit which features over 40 Hollywood vehicles from cult classic films and video games. On view now in the Mullin Family Grand Salon, Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy has been produced in collaboration with Comic-Con Museum, with additional support provided by Audi and Microsoft.
Along with iconic automobiles, the exhibit showcases a selection of concept artwork, props and costumes to explore and analyze the ways in which the speculative fiction genre pushes the boundaries of human imagination. Series represented in the display spans the niches of speculative fiction with emphasis on dystopian future films such as Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, Transformers and I, Robot.
Key vehicles on display include the Warthog from Halo, the 2035 Audi RSQ from I Robot, the time machine from Back to the Future, the Weyland Industries RT01 Group Transport from Prometheus, the 2008 Audi R8 from Iron Man, Bumblebee from the Transformers series, the GM Ultralight from Demolition Man, Batmobiles, and more.
Hollywood Dream Machines will be the biggest exhibit of our 25th anniversary, said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges. With more than 40 vehicles from the silver screen spread across the museum, the exhibit is an ode to the industry that Los Angeles was built upon. We cant wait to explore the fantasy and fictional concepts behind these extraordinary vehicles with the world.
The exhibit also features a Microsoft HoloLens experience called Worlds Reimagined. The mixed reality experience provides guests the opportunity to try this immersive technology, and see the Warthog from Halo and the Back to the Future time machine in a whole new way.
Hollywood Dream Machines runs through March 15, 2020.