By translating THIS page, they’ve started filming today:
- The Treasure Room’s been renovated. Or at least they’ve stuck some new iron-y bits around the outside of the entrance and hung a tiger mask outside the gate.
- FOUR new cells. A number that I would ordinarily describe as “a bit disappointing”, and will describe as “a bit disappointing”. However that is not the same as four new games.
- Apparently the new cells are themed around ecological soundness this year. There’s a game where contestants must find aluminium cans and throw them into a grinder, although it sounds like the room or the grinder gets smaller as the game progresses (likely the room in the Star Wars trash compactor stylee). A game called “the Ketchuperee” involves lots of tomoatoes. More intriguingly, it sounds like the Interactive Cell is being replaced by The Hall of Illusion, where the contestants must take dexterity tests whilst being subject to optical tricks.
- Actually we know that can’t be it because we know there’s a game cell themed around a fire barracks. And a cell that looks like the entrance to a sewer, when they’ve already got a perfectly good game based around a sewer. They really should start using the underground space again.
- The Watchtower is now home to Quebecoise magician Vincent C’s Magic Academy, and contestants will need to work out puzzles based around magic tricks.
- New adventures include biking over narrow beams in the air and staying upright on a moving log, by the sounds of it.
- LaBoulle’s not returning. From pictures it looks like the gong is now in the Treasure Room. It’s suggested that he’ll be replace by “a muscle man”, but surely that’s Mister Boo who we know is on the Fort this year. As is Judge Blanche and Willy Rovelli, so it’s unlikely they’ll be a big change in structure.
- A fuller list of new events will undoubtably be released once the filming of the French show has ended. The show starts airing on France 2 next month.
Ah, the Barracks is just a tricked out Tapis Roulant. I was hoping it’d be a bit more exciting. Looks nice though.
Photos are looking great as they slowly come out during filming. Glad to see Tapis still around. Kinda dissapointed that cellure interactive has gone. Also looks like there a new clue open device at the treasure room too.
It sounds like the Firefly is still about in some capacity though.
Yes i heard that as well. I didn’t know if they replaced gagarine with cellular interactive since according to 2013 plans the equipment for it was stored next to it
The sewer entrance leads to the new recycling game if this link isn’t talking nonsense. A;so Rolling Log from Takeshi’s Castle appears to be a new trial.
http://www.fortboyard.net/Fort-Boyard-2014-EN-DIRECT-toutes-les-nouveautes-de-la-saison-epreuves-personnages-decors-candidats.html
Finally, I agree, the underground space could be used for all kinds of things, not least the council which is dressed to look like it’s underground when it isn’t. Also I used to really look forward to the dark adventure.
…and by Takeshi’s Castle I do of course mean Ninja Warrior.
The oldest game of the fort Stirrups has been replaced with the hall of illusions with firefly.
A new underwater game that looks like a proper successor to the sunken house. Unlike my least favorite game; submerged cage. Only sketches have emerged so I hope it doesn’t go the same way as the anvil game from 2012.
Prison Sous Marine involves breaking into the old, flooded prison of the fort and stealing the code from one of the skeletal residents.
http://www.fortboyard.net/Fort-Boyard-2014-le-dossier-de-presse.html
A new underwater game that looks like a proper successor to the sunken house. Unlike my least favorite game; submerged cage. Only sketches have emerged so I hope it doesn’t go the same way as the anvil game from 2012.
Prison Sous Marine involves breaking into the old, flooded prison of the fort and stealing the code from one of the skeletal residents.
http://www.fortboyard.net/Fort-Boyard-2014-le-dossier-de-presse.html
Yep, this looks legit brilliant.