28 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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28 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Letterboxd isn't just for film snobs and movie buffs; it's actually really helpful to have a place to log and keep track of all of the movies you've watched. Sometimes I totally surprise myself by coming across an interesting movie, only to realize that I have already seen it, left a review, and deleted it from my memory. I do wish the app had some sort of feature that would recommend me movies based on my history and ratings, though. Or maybe it could include a section with interesting BTS trivia. Oh, well. Until then, this list certainly does the trick. 

Tim Burton

In the '90s, Tim Burton was supposed to make a Superman movie starring Nic Cage. Superman was going to be kind of a weird outcast sort of like Edward Scissorhands, and he picked Cage because Cage was the right kind of awkward. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

John Lithgow as Batman

TIM BURTON WANTED JOHN LITHGOW TO BE HIS JOKER. cRAGh Kit Burton approached Lithgow for the role of the Joker in his 1989 Batman. Lithgow admits that

Willow

The hero in Willow must defeat a two- headed dragon. It's narned after Siskel and Ebert. Willow is a George Lucas film, and Lucas decided the two-head

Pixels

CRACKED.COM Columbia Pictures PIXELS claimed own TM to Remember Adam Sandler's Pixels? When it came out, the studio had any video they could find containing the word pixels taken down. Casualties included their own trailer, and the short film the movie was based on.

Wild Wild West

Notes From Execs WILD WILD WEST Director Barry Sonnenfeld said studio execs wanted to lower the budget if the characters were too complex, and asked to remove the subtleties (such as they are). Actual quote: Could you take out the nuances? CRACKED

Tokyo Drift

Tokyo Drift couldn't secure certain permits but filmed scenes anyway. RECARD Universal Studios hired a fall guy to go to jail instead of the director. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Do the Right Thing

Made DO THE RIGHT THING SPIKE LEE WROTE THE SCREENPLAY IN TWO WEEKS. I'd wake up in the morning and write for three or four hours, then I'd quit, carry on with the rest of the day, and come back the next morning. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. CRACKED.COM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

When Lisbeth meets Bjurman for the first time in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, she wasn't supposed to sound any different. She just had a cold, and David Fincher was worried her voice would sound too weird, but he loved how it turned out because she sounded real and fragile in that moment. CRACKED.COM

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

There was a lot of IMPROV on set. Director Nick Stoller said he'd guess there was about 30 to 40 percent improvisation in the movie and that the filming was a collaborative experience. ALL IN ALL THEY SHOT 1.2 MILLION FEET OF FILM-SO MUCH THAT KODAK GAVE THEM BOTTLES OF DOM PERIGNON. BEHIND THE SCENES | FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM

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Assassin’s Creed

After 'Assassin's Creed' flopped at the box office, the 'Mega Man' and 'Sims' movies were scrapped. Disney canceled the vast majority of films under de- velopment after their ac- quisition of 21st Century Fox, including a previously announced 'Magic: The Gathering' film. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Wow, it single-handedly shot down prospects for just about every video game movie adaptation in the works. Is that why we don't have an Animal Crossing movie?

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Sleeping Beauty

Disney behind the scenes sleeping Beauty sleeping Beauty play Before the movie was animated, it was shot with full costumes, sets, and makeup. CRACKED.COM

It looks a bit like Donkey Skin.

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Singin’ in the Rain

The title sequence for Singin' in the Rain took a total of three days to film. Gene Kelly Which might not even sound all that bad, but when you consider that Gene Kelly had a 103-degree fever, it's not great either. CRACKED COM

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Joker

When Arthur climbs into his fridge in Joker, that was all Joaquin Phoenix. They just set up cameras and lighting around the set so he could do anything he wanted and it would look good, and he climbed inside the fridge. CRACKED.COM

It's just Joaquin Phoenix on a break on set.

Source: IndieWire

The Transatlantic Accent

OLD TIMEY ACTORS SPOKE IN THAT WEIRD VOICE TO SOUND UPPER-CLASS. The Transatlantic accent was a British-American hybrid that was taught, not evolved o

Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees got his look thanks to a film crew member's fandom. While filming Friday the 13th Part lll, the crew needed to do a lighting test, whic

Black Panther

The cast of Black Panther agreed that the waterfall scene was their favorite moment on set. It was an impressive view, there were a lot of extras, and

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