Trivia: Rowan Atkinson explained on Top Gear that the 9 litre V16 in the Rolls Royce was developed by BMW (who own Rolls Royce) but never put into production. The prototypes that had been made were still in a warehouse somewhere, and put into the car for this movie.
Trivia: This was Jill Clayburgh's final film. The actress, who plays Annie's mother, died the year before the film's release.
Trivia: Johnny Depp's character Rango says "interesting" a few times throughout the movie and while that isn't trivia in itself, the fact that Johnny Depp says it in "his way" in a lot of his movies at some point or another.
Trivia: Kathryn Stockett, the author of the book, has a cameo as one of the ladies in the Ladies Auxillary meeting.
Trivia: In the part where Will (the blind guy) is first introduced in the movie. When Kyle lets Will come into the house, to the left of the picture there's an antique candle and clock like in the animated version of Beauty and the Beast.
Trivia: When Ella is abducted by the alien speeders, while the group flees from Jake's old gang; it really is Olivia Wilde being pulled 40ft+ into the air while riding full tilt on horseback, not her stunt double.
Trivia: Salma Hayek plays Kitty Softpaws, the love interest of Puss in Boots, played by Antonio Banderas. Hayek also played the love interest to Banderas in Desperado, and in its sequel (Once Upon A Time In Mexico).
Trivia: As SARS-CoV-2 swept the world in early 2020, causing the disease labelled COVID-19, interest in this movie spiked, putting it in the most-rented movie charts in several countries.
Trivia: Danny Trejo does not have a single line of dialogue in the movie.
Trivia: The film was originally written as a sequel to "Leon: The Professional" (also known as "The Professional") that would follow a grown-up Mathilda. However, due to rights issues, the movie was reworked to be a stand-alone film focusing on an original character.
Trivia: The final chess match between Moriarty and Holmes is based loosely on a famous chess match between chess masters Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian. The match involved the sacrifice of a queen and a surprise checkmate, thus mirroring Holmes' apparent sacrifice of himself to stop Moriarty.
Trivia: Much of the ending was reshot, including a scene where the alien pilots within the spaceship were witnessed by Kate Lloyd dangling from some sort of tubes; the body of one was replaced post-production by an odd Tetris-like display.
Trivia: Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock were both considered for starring roles in this film at one point, with the film being developed as an "African American Ocean's Eleven".
Trivia: In the end credits, it is confirmed that while no penguins were harmed during the making of the movie, Jim Carrey was not so fortunate.
Trivia: Considered by many to be one of the worst films made, it "won" a Golden Raspberry for all 12 categories, including worst rip-off/remake. It's considered a rip-off "Glen or Glenda" (1953). "Glen or Glenda" (written and directed by and starring Ed Wood) was also considered one of the worst films made. In Michael and Harry Medved's 1980 book "The Golden Turkey Awards", Ed Wood "won" Worst Director.
Trivia: When Britt Reid is flicking through Kato's sketch book you see a sketch of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee played Kato in the original Green Hornet from 1966-1967.
Trivia: At one point in time, this was going to be the final entry in the series to star Tom Cruise. As originally intended, Cruise (Ethan Hunt) would have retired from field work at the end of the film and become the new head of IMF, while Jeremy Renner would become the new series lead. This was reportedly in part due to several infamous incidents involving Cruise in the mid-2000's, including his notorious Oprah Winfrey interview. These events caused issues during the promotion of "Mission: Impossible III," and the studio was still nervous about them years later. Eventually, cooler heads prevailed, and Cruise was thankfully allowed to stay with the series.
Trivia: The plastic transparent jet that Hal gives to his nephew is a reference to Wonder Woman and her jet.