Trivia: Robert Pattinson was actually injured during breaks while doing a street scene - hordes of fans chased him out to the street and he was hit by a passing car. Though he was not fatally injured, he was somewhat shaken during the ordeal. Bodyguards and assistants came to his aid and shielded him from the overzealous admirers.
Trivia: When the orange dragon scorches the purple dragon to bones on the video game that Greg and Rowley are playing, you can hear the Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: When Victor Crowley yanks Cletus out of a boat and into the water, he yells the Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: When the Facebook team are celebrating their 1,000,000th member, Mark Zuckerberg is wearing an Arm & Hammer t-shirt. This is in reference to Cameron Winklevoss/Tyler Winklevoss being played by actor Armand "Armie" Hammer. (01:42:25)
Trivia: All five characters who get on the elevator have the color red in common: the Mechanic's satchel, the Old Woman's hair, the Young Woman's nails, the insignia on the Guard's uniform and the Salesman's tie are all red. M. Night Shyamalan is known for having red as a prominent feature in his films.
Trivia: At the beginning of the movie Markus Kane is watching TV with a woman, the show that he is first watching is Death Race 2000 before changing the channel. Death Race 2000 is what the Death Race movies are based off of.
Trivia: When the goalie is scared away by Billy Crystal during the end credits, he yells the Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: Given that Clint Eastwood has composed much of the music for his films over the last 25 years, it's not surprising that the soundtracks of "Hereafter" and "Unforgiven" are incredibly similar, if not interchangeable.
Trivia: Brad Dourif ("Stan") and Jeremy Sumpter gave some input to first-time director Steele about the "look" of their characters (and maybe names?). Interestingly, the character played by Jeremy is "Jarod LEARY." Detective Fairchild's first name is "MATT." Matt O'Leary starred with Jeremy in "Frailty."
Trivia: Originally intended to be a sequel to "Beverly Hills Ninja," and was written and co-directed by one of the writers of that film, but was eventually retooled into a stand-alone film. There are still some minor similarities and similar bits of dialogue, however.
Trivia: Celia Weston plays Tom Cruise's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 10 years older than him.
Trivia: Originally, Dustin Hoffman turned down the film due to his dissatisfaction with the screenplay. Hence him being in Spain learning the Flamenco. Poor test screenings lead to him changing his mind and being inserted into the film via costly reshoots.
Trivia: Some of the crew members and background extras were also a part of the film "Repo: The Genetic Opera", which has a similar premise. Story goes that Universal wanted to make "Repo", but backed out after the producers refused to meet their demands. (Universal execs reportedly wanted to remove all the musical numbers from "Repo", even though it was by very design a rock-opera.) After leaving the project, Universal then announced this film (then titled "Repossession Mambo") and reportedly approached cast and crew members from "Repo" to come over and work on this film. The creators of "Repo" have made it clear that they feel Universal was merely trying to spite their production by poaching cast and crew members who were unaware of the falling-out between "Repo" and Universal execs.
Trivia: In the film, Amanda Peet plays Darcy Silverman. Peet also starred in the movie "Saving Silverman" as Judith who was engaged to the character Darren Silverman. Jack Black (Gulliver) also starred in "Saving Silverman"
Trivia: Josh Brolin cut his hair with a knife in order to accentuate Tom Chaney's unkempt look.
Trivia: The runes on the grate say "be afraid" in Elder Futhark.
Trivia: Melissa Leo plays Mark Wahlberg's mother in the film, even though in real life she's only 11 years older than Wahlberg.
Trivia: The scene when Ramona delivers the package to Scott and he signs for it, he takes the package and throws it over his shoulder into the trash can, some several feet behind him. In the outtakes reel, they show that no special effects were used. Michael Cera made the shot over his shoulder on his 33rd attempt.