Trivia: During the courtroom sequence, the judge is played by actress Judith Roberts, and her character's name is "Judge Shaw." Her appearance and name is a direct reference to director James Wan's previous film "Dead Silence", where Roberts had played a character named "Mary Shaw."
Trivia: In the scene where Samuel L. Jackson is speaking to his daughter in her room after the soccer game, there is a photo on the bed of the mother. The photo is of Samuel L. Jackson's real wife, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson. (00:45:30)
Trivia: When Swagger is recuperating from the makeshift operation, it's shown that he has a third nipple below the left nipple.
Trivia: Early on in the movie, when Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley) enters his parents living room, there is a picture of the real Ian Curtis as a boy on the mantelpiece.
Trivia: AnnaSophia Robb has no dialogue until 85 minutes into the movie.
Trivia: The film was intended to be released theatrically in 2007. However, the film was pulled shortly before release without any explanation. While it was occasionally screened at festivals in the meantime, it wasn't given any sort-of official release until 2014, when it was briefly available as a "video on demand" title through cable provider "DirecTV." It was finally released on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2017 by specialty distributor Shout Factory... ten full years after it was originally supposed to come out.
Trivia: The bust in the hall way of the school has a similarity to Alistar Sim, who played the Fritton sister (headmistress) and brother in the original films.
Trivia: Though he plays a pop-star musician, Hugh Grant has stated that he does not listen to music or own any CDs.
Trivia: When Abe Dale comes into a room (possibly a church?) where the children's choir is singing, the song is Rush's Spirit Of Radio.
Trivia: The future predator is based on the Purrip bat in Dougal Dixon's 'After man: A zoology of the future'.
Trivia: Kate Nelligan plays Sandra Bullock's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 14 years older than Bullock.
Suggested correction: Google her age and you will see this is incorrect.
Or you could have just submitted a word change pointing out the age difference is 14 years rather than 13. Hardly makes the entry wholly incorrect.
Trivia: When Chuck throws a flaming stick at Danny's party, you can hear the Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: The prop department had some fun during the making of the movie; you can see a lot of names of miscellaneous crew slipped in a few spots. There are boxes with case files scattered around the district attorney's offices; the ones behind Willy in his own office (People vs. Bonaventura - Tony Bonaventura being the property master, People vs. Morgenthau - Kramer Morgenthau being the director of photography) get quite a bit of screen time, but there are several others all over the office space, all carrying the name of a crew member. For instance, in a brief sequence when a dejected Willy walks up to Mona's desk to ask for her help before the third act, you can see unique ones. There's also a listing board with judges during the arraignment, and one with doctors when Willy is stopped by the hospital security; both of them are filled with names of production crew members. (01:16:50 - 01:33:20)
Trivia: Dianne Wiest (born 1948), who played Dan Burns' mother, Nora, is only fourteen years older than Steve Carell (born 1962).
Trivia: Angelina Jolie was pregnant with her daughter Shiloh when she portrayed Mariane Pearl, who was pregnant with her son Adam during the events of the movie.
Trivia: Chris Pratt had planned to audition for the role of Chris Pratt, thinking he would land the role simply for having the same name as the character. However, he postponed the audition to go on a fishing trip, and by the time he had returned, Joseph Gordon-Levitt had been cast in the role.
Trivia: Ben Murphy's parents in this film are actually John Krasinski's real-life parents.