Trivia: In the original film, Mari died after being shot in the lake. For this remake, she lived, turning her parents' struggle from a fight for revenge to a fight for survival to give the film a "sense of urgency"
Trivia: The topic of xenophobia runs strongly throughout the film. This is a very real issue for South Africa as evidenced by the xenophobic violence in early 2008 where approx. 30 foreigners living in South Africa were murdered and hundreds left injured and/or destitute. In fact there are still displaced foreigners living in homeless shelters, churches, etc today.
Trivia: The girl dancing next to Miley's grandmother in the Hoedown Throwdown scene is Miley Cyrus's real-life sister, Noah Lindsey.
Trivia: Mason is portrayed by actor Ken Kirzinger who played Jason Voorhees in 2003's Freddy vs. Jason. Mason is a parodied version of Jason.
Trivia: When Wong drains Flamingo Lake to water his golf course and the flamingos are sucked down the plughole, in amongst their startled squawks you can hear one yelling "SH*T!". Listen for it - it's very clear.
Trivia: When Andy and Bruce are back home after Dave asks if Andy can come to the party, Andy says she wishes that Bruce can make her a dress. She says that Bruce is a wizard, which is more than a coincidence, since Jake T. Austin also plays main in "Wizards of Waverly Place".
Trivia: Long time friend of Sam Raimi, and star of his "Evil Dead" trilogy, Bruce Campbell was approached for a role in this film, but had to turn it down due to a time conflict with his television show "Burn Notice."
Trivia: At the start of filming Fast and the Furious, Jordana Brewster did not have her driver's license.
Trivia: In Paul Rust's bedroom, his picture of Hayden Panettiere on the ceiling is from her movie "Bring It On: All or Nothing." She was a cheerleader and the colors are those from her school in the movie, Crenshaw Heights. And yes, they say in the high school gym during the cheer that the school's colors are yellow and blue, but that is where the picture is from.
Trivia: Isla Fisher (who plays Rebecca Bloomwood) admits that she actually hates shopping.
Trivia: When the main group decides to reconstruct the Bible, they flip through the library cards of the those who have used it. The first name on the first card is Noah Levenstein, who they subsequently call. One other card is visible next to it; the first name on that list is Kevin Myers, the guy who was given the Bible in the first American Pie movie. (01:04:15)
Trivia: This is Dennis Quaid's third time playing an astronaut.
Trivia: Christa B. Allen, who plays the teenaged Jenny, had previously portrayed another younger version of a Jennifer Garner character in 13 Going On 30.
Trivia: At 1:29:19 actress Jane Seymour is seen wearing a necklace from her Open Hearts jewelery collection.
Trivia: The music in the strip-club scene is an early version of Donald Glover/Childish Gambino's song "Retro (Rough)."
Trivia: Five different actors from the U.S. and U.K. versions of The Office appear in the film: Amy Adams, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, and Ricky Gervais.