Trivia: This is the first project produced by Marvel Studios that does not take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is also the first X-Men centric project they produced since re-acquiring the rights to the characters.
Phaneron
27th Feb 2024
X-Men '97 (2023)
27th Feb 2024
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Trivia: Josh Brolin had to put a chew toy in his pants in order to get the dog to chase him.
27th Feb 2024
True Grit (2010)
Trivia: Josh Brolin cut his hair with a knife in order to accentuate Tom Chaney's unkempt look.
26th Feb 2024
Better Call Saul (2015)
Trivia: The scene in which Saul tricks a witness on the stand into identifying a defendant that he had swapped out with a doppelganger may be based on a real-life incident from 1994, in which a lawyer swapped out his client with a lookalike, leading to the arresting officer for the case to misidentify the defendant. The judge presiding over the case then ordered a not guilty verdict and held the defense lawyer in contempt for deception. He ended up only having to pay a $400 fine as punishment.
19th Feb 2024
Fantastic Four (2025)
Trivia: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who will portray Ben Grimm/The Thing, previously played Microchip in season 1 of the Netflix series The Punisher, which also takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
18th Feb 2024
Madame Web (2024)
18th Feb 2024
Madame Web (2024)
Trivia: This film portrays Madame Web as a 30-year-old. In most versions of the comics, she is an old woman.
15th Feb 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
15th Feb 2024
Madame Web (2024)
12th Feb 2024
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Trivia: Sam Rockwell said he received a call from Jon Favreau about playing Tony Stark in the first film, but never heard anything more about it. He ended up getting the part of Justin Hammer in this film through his friendship with screenwriter Justin Theroux.
12th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: Will Friedle's brother, Gary, attended the taping of this episode. Will looked over at his brother during the run-through of the scene, where Alan mentioned having a dream of a customer falling off a cliff to his death. He described his brother's face as "ashen." This was because one of Gary's best friends died in a climbing accident only weeks before.
12th Feb 2024
Step by Step (1991)
Trivia: Staci Keanan and Christine Lakin are the only cast members among the child actors to maintain an acting career after this show ended. Keanan eventually retired from acting and became the Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. One of her notable cases was the trial of Danny Masterson.
12th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Larisa Oleynik, who had three guest appearances on this show, originally auditioned for the role of Topanga. When she didn't receive it, she said she sat in her mom's car, shoveling ice cream into her mouth and exclaiming that her career was over.
12th Feb 2024
Step by Step (1991)
12th Feb 2024
Secret Invasion (2023)
Trivia: This series marks the third time Tony Curran has played a different character in the MCU, having also previously appeared in Thor: The Dark World and season 2 of Daredevil. He also had minor roles in Blade II and X-Men: First Class, both of which were confirmed in Deadpool and Wolverine to canonically be part of the MCU's multiverse.
11th Feb 2024
Boy Meets World (1993)
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: At the end of the episode, when Lonnie is punching Eric, Will Friedle had to ask Jennifer Campbell to pull her punches because he wasn't wearing any padding and ended up being covered in bruises by the third day of filming.
11th Feb 2024
Eternals (2021)
Trivia: Kumail Nanjiani entered therapy after reading negative reviews for this film.
9th Feb 2024
Vice (2018)
Trivia: Sam Rockwell developed a twitch in his jaw muscle from mimicking George W. Bush's voice. He had to take magnesium in order to get the muscle to relax.
8th Feb 2024
Vice (2018)
Trivia: Sam Rockwell developed a twitch in his jaw muscle from mimicking George W. Bush's voice. He had to take magnesium in order to get the muscle to relax.
8th Feb 2024
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Trivia: Sam Rockwell did ride-alongs with a Los Angeles police officer to prepare for his role. He also shadowed a police officer in Missouri, on whom he based his accent and some of his dialogue, as director Martin McDonagh didn't want Rockwell to use a strong Ozark accent.
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