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Trivia: James Gunn was originally offered the chance to direct a sequel to Man of Steel after he was fired by Marvel, but he opted to make The Suicide Squad instead. When Warner Bros decided to scrap the DCEU and start a new shared universe of films, Gunn was brought in to direct this film, as well as oversee the creation of the revamped DC universe of films.

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Trivia: This film's original title was "Superman: Legacy."

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Trivia: This film was accused of promoting violence against women, spearheaded by Rose McGowan, due to a promotional billboard that showed Apocalypse holding Mystique in a chokehold. Fox later apologized for the advertisement.

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Trivia: This is the second film in which Adrien Brody won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying a Holocaust survivor, following The Pianist. His acceptance speech was also the longest in the ceremony's history, clocking in at 5 minutes and 40 seconds.

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Trivia: Shooter McGavin is a playable character in PGA Tour 2K25.

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And Then There Was Shawn - S5-E17

Trivia: Will Friedle and guest star Jennifer Love Hewitt dated in real life around the time this episode was filmed. Friedle believed the two of them would be together forever, which prompted Michael Jacobs to cast Hewitt in this episode for the sole purpose of killing her off in front of Eric, as a kind of cruel metaphor that, contrary to what Friedle thought, their relationship would eventually end.

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And Then There Was Shawn - S5-E17

Trivia: At one point while filming this episode, the director yelled at the cast for being unprofessional and stormed off the set.

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Trivia: The scene with the lie detector came about as a suggestion from Robert De Niro after he learned about them from a friend he had in the CIA.

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A No-Rough-Stuff Type Deal - S1-E7

Trivia: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and Raymond Cruz reprised their respective roles of Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, and Tuco Salamanca for a Super Bowl commercial for Popcorners, which was reminiscent of the scenes where Tuco tried the blue meth for the first time, and when Walter first met Declan and said to him "Say My Name."

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Trivia: The babysitter's name is Annie Wilkes, which is the same name as the main antagonist of Misery, another Stephen King story.

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Trivia: This film features the Serpent Society as secondary antagonists. They were originally jokingly teased as the main antagonists and subtitle at the announcement of Captain America: Civil War before that film's actual title was revealed a few minutes later.

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Trivia: WWE wrestler Seth Rollins originally had a role in this film, but he revealed that his role was eventually cut following re-shoots.

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Trivia: In the comics, Ruth Bat-Seraph goes by the codename Sabra and is a Mossad agent. Due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, her codename was omitted from the film, and her background as a Mossad agent was dropped in favour of her being a former Black Widow.

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Trivia: In the months following this film's release, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld had a falling out with Marvel, alleging he and his family were mistreated by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, particularly at the after-party for the film's premiere. Liefeld later called for Marvel to fire Feige, saying that Feige needed to be "taken off the mound" and that he was "spent."

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Trivia: Although he's the film's main antagonist, in the comics, Alexander Pierce is a supporting hero.

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Trivia: This film marks the third time that a first Fantastic Four adaptation of a planned franchise was released during the fifth year of a decade. The first to get a theatrical release was directed by Tim Story and released in 2005, being successful enough to warrant a 2007 sequel. The second was the Josh Trank-directed "Fant4stic" in 2015, which ended up being a major box office bomb.

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Trivia: The first trailer for this film was released on February 4, which, similar to the team name, can be abbreviated as F4.

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Trivia: The unreleased Roger Corman film from 1994 notwithstanding, this is the first Fantastic Four film in which Johnny Storm is depicted as having comic book-accurate blonde hair.

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Show generally

Deliberate mistake: Whenever Dexter injects somebody with M99, they are immediately rendered unconscious. In reality, this would take several minutes.

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Trivia: The first film garnered the most Academy Award nominations of any film from 2019, with eleven, winning two. By contrast, this film received the most Razzie nominations of any film from 2024, with seven, likewise winning two.

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