40 Random Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie Sequels, Prequels and Reboots

Maybe one more reboot will finally make this classic character feel whole
40 Random Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie Sequels, Prequels and Reboots

Would a Heath Ledger Batman be as memorable as a Heath Ledger Joker? We’ll never know (until some loser with too many A.I. subscriptions shows the world his god-awful passion project).

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Mysterio

Spider-Man Movie Villains Sam Raimi's Trilogy Fans thought Bruce Campbell was Mysterio. Some fans believed that Campbell was playing the same person, illusionist villain Quentin Beck, in each of his cameos throughout the trilogy. Campbell debunked the rumors in 2019. NO QUIET PLEASE WHILE CRACKED.COM

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Screen Rant 

The Original

THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A NON-FICTION BOOK. Journalist and former senior editor at GQ Magazine Mickey Rapkin researched competitive collegiate a cappella, and the result was the 2008 book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory. PITCH PERFECT CRACKED.COM

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Image Credit: Universal Pictures

“Fat Amy” and the Amy Poehler Inspiration

CRACKED.COM PITCH PERFECT FAT AMY WAS INSPIRED BY AMY POEHLER. According to writer Kay Cannon, the name Fat Amy came from when my friend Amy Poehler was pregnant ... She's really petite and was like, ... I wasn't feeling good. I was tired. I just felt like fat Amy.' I was like, 'I think somebody should call themselves Fat Amy, so that other people can't make fun of them.' That's how that came about.

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Joker and Batman in 'The Dark Knight' Trilogy

Same series, almost a different role THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY HEATH LEDGER as Batman Before Christian Bale took the role, Ledger was up for the Dark Knight, but turned it down. CRACKED.COM

Source: CBR

Elizabeth Banks’ Directorial Debut

PERFECT 2 PITCH THIS IS ELIZABETH BANKS' VERY FIRST FEATURE FILM AS A DIRECTOR. Banks used a body double in order to direct the scenes her character was in. She has then gone on to direct the 2019 reboot of Charlie's Angels, and 2023's Cocaine Bear, a movie about, well, a cocaine bear. CRACKED.COM

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Image Credit: Universal Pictures

Clint Eastwood squints because his eyes are sensitive to light. Shooting in bright light for the Fistful of Dollars trilogy only highlighted the effec

The Lord of the Rings

Original VS. Reboot 1978 2000s THE LORD OF THE RINGS Animation to live action, the Hobbits' journey continues. CRACKED.COM

Batman

Original VS. Reboot R Batman 1966 The Batman 2020s BATMAN Call him The now, please. CRACKED.COM
Nixed Reboots Tapes Friends Show creator Marta Kauffman said no to a reboot. Nope, never gonna happen. She added, The fear is, well, it'll never be what it was. CRACKED

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Time

Sonic

Original VS. Reboot 1990s SPEED RAGAR 5000 760 2020s SONIC Furries rejoice, your king has returned! CRACKED.COM
Original VS. Reboot 1984 GHOSTBUSTERS DREAKING NEWS STAY PU PM 2016 A sequel, a reboot, and another sequel sent this franchise spinning. 2022 CRACKED.COM

Paul Schrader

Original Directors Paul Schrader's The Exorcist prequel We actually know how Schrader's Exorcist prequel would have been, as his Dominion cut came out right after Renny Harlin's Exorcist: The Beginning. Both were panned, but Dominion just a bit less. Still, we wonder what it would've been without the backstage drama (that is, had Schrader reined in his artsy sensibilities and added just a bit more fireworks). CRACKED.COM

Source: CBR, Screen Rant
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

'A Better Tomorrow' Prequels

CRACKED.COM HONG KONG ACTION MOVIES A TALE OF TWO PREQUELS John Woo and producer Tsui Hark had a falling out after A Better Tomorrow and its sequel, so each made their own prequel. Hark did the official one, while Woo made the surprisingly similar but superior Bullet in the Head.

Source: Wikipedia

Mark Hamill voiced the droid EV-9D9 in Ep. 5 of The Mandalorian. That means Hamill's voice shows up in all the Star Wars films, except for the prequel
The practical effects in John Carpenter's The Thing made the monsters SO believable they still freak us out to this day. The prequel instead utilized
The twist, ending. of Final, .Destination Five revealed that it was actually a prequel. NEW 203 MAR B598C4 Perhaps the biggest hints throughout the mo

We applaud Director Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey for The Cable Guy’s originality.

CRACKED The Cable Guy Of all the early Jim Carrey films, The Cable Guy was the only one to not get a sequel. Yes, it was a flop compared to the others, but its dark, unique style gathered a cult following, and we kind of got a sequel in a 2022 Verizon Super Bowl ad.

Cheatsheet / Variety 

If you want a lot more Forrest, give Gump & Co. a read.

CRACKED THE UNPRODUCED FORREST GUMP SEQUEL BECAME A BOOK. Forrest Gump was adapted from the novel by Winston Groom, who then wrote a sequel because of the movie's success. Gump & Co. has Forrest at the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and in the Gulf War. Zemekis and Tom Hanks almost adapted this sequel, but it never materialized.

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The “fast,” the “furious,” and the just plain “F’d.”

CRACKED WELL, ARE YOU FAST, OR FURIOUS, OR BOTH?! THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS The coolness or corniness of 2 Fast 2 Furious is debatable, but with 10 films to date, they flip flop titles with Fast 5, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, then The F8 of The Furious (На! F8, get it?). Then we got simply F9, and Fast X.

Google / Cinema Blend 

Put it in cruise control, honey. We’ve got a few hours till the next pit stop.

GRACKED SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL J4 08598 Oh, because they're on a cruise ship this time. We get it. But using cruise control in real life is for nice, low key road trips, and gives zero sense of speed or suspense. Like this movie, since cruise ships are massive and slow!

Variety / Movies Anywhere 

Sequel

CRACKED.COM Princess Buttercup There's a sequel to The Princess Bride. A short story added to some editions deals with Waverley, Buttercup's baby born on a deserted island.

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