Trivia: The film is inspired by the classic Mel Brooks comedy "Blazing Saddles," and is intended to be a child-friendly retelling, with many near-identical sequences. In fact, it was originally titled "Blazing Samurai," and it would have been about an African-American man becoming a samurai. It was eventually retitled, and the studio decided to rework the narrative by making it about a dog living in a world of cats, in order to make the anti-racism message more subtle and "universal."
Trivia: Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-Head are based on the Watchers from Marvel Comics.
Trivia: Willis' LAST film that will be released. It was filmed about a year before the 4/04/22 announcement that he was diagnosed with aphasia (a type of frontotemporal dementia that affects the ability to speak, write, and understand written language) and "stepping away from acting."
Suggested correction: I'm not sure what you mean by this is his last film to be released when 3 films have been released since "A Day to Die" came out. Not to mention 2 upcoming films set to be released shortly. Plus, Willis had finished 3 Lionsgate films whose releases are unknown.
Fake news? I read this somewhere on-line.
Trivia: Although the ages of the Cooley family members are not revealed, Mel Gibson ("Elvis") is 67-years-old (DOB: 1/03/1956), Nancy Tate ("Olivia") is 52 (DOB: 8/25/1970), and their movie daughter "Adria" (played by Romy Pointet - age/DOB not available) is supposedly 5. ["Typical" Hollywood movie family?].
Trivia: The first film in the franchise to feature a female "Pinhead," as portrayed by actress Jamie Clayton, a trans-woman. Despite some minor backlash online, original Pinhead actor Doug Bradley has spoken out in support of Clayton, noting that the franchise has always been transgressive and unique, and that he loved her performance on the show "Sense8." It should also be noted that the Cenobites in the original book were mostly androgenous, though "Pinhead" was said to have a feminine voice.
Trivia: During the end credits, you can see various drawings. One of the drawings is The Backson from Winnie the Pooh (2011), which was also directed by Don Hall.
Trivia: After chasing the neighbor girl Nia from her hot cocoa stand, Karen said, "And your little dog, too" - equating Karen to the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz" who said the same to Dorothy regarding Toto. (00:02:15)
Trivia: The voice of the Tin Can Man was provided by Butch Patrick. Butch Patrick played the role of Eddie Munster, the son of Lily and Herman in the 1964 TV show "The Munsters".
Trivia: When Jack Russell first begins walking down the hallway with the mural on the walls, the first image he sees is a comic book accurate drawing of Gorr the God Butcher, the main antagonist from Thor: Love and Thunder. (00:02:29)
Trivia: The original script was very different, and much more downbeat. It would have focused on Randal spiraling into depression after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Quick Stop and much of the town. A sort-of shantytown village is started in the parking lot of a movie theater by displaced locals, where Randall would make a new makeshift Quick Stop. Smith described it as a movie about dealing with grief. Kevin Smith ended up re-writing it into a more hopeful, upbeat film a few years later.
Trivia: Richard's New York MD license plate has the "Statue of Liberty" along the left side. MDs with the special plate usually (if not always?) have the "Universal Symbol of Access" between the letters "M" and "D", as well as "Physician" written along the bottom of the plate. [Possibly a "factual error."] The "Universal Symbol of Access" allows some otherwise unauthorized parking areas to be used and extends parking time. (00:34:58)
Trivia: Mike asked the Sheriff, "What flavor of ketchup?" and the Sheriff replied, "Heinz 57." Heinz 57 is not a flavor of ketchup and, contrary to popular belief, it did not reflect the number of varieties of condiments Heinz had for sale when the company started using the logo - which is what it actually is, a logo. There is an account of how the logo came to be. The Brand Director for Heinz reported that the 57 actually stands for his (5) and his wife's (7) "lucky" numbers. (00:44:55)
Trivia: When Marlon Wayans is attacking the killer clown dragging the axe in the school, he says "homie don't play that." That is his brother Damon Wayan's famous tag line where he dressed as a clown in the series In Living Color. (00:39:27)
Suggested correction: Marlon Wayans didn't portray Homey The Clown in Living Color. Homey The Clown was played by his brother Damon Wayans.
Trivia: Nicolas Cage originally didn't want to make the film, as he felt uncomfortable with the idea of playing himself in a movie. The director wrote him a very nice note, explaining why the movie was important to him and how they wanted to celebrate Cage's wild and varied career, which won Cage over.
Trivia: Chris Parnell is only 13 years older than his on-screen daughter, Rebel Wilson.