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13th Nov 2024

Wicked (2024)

Trivia: The packaging for the Mattel toys for this film mistakenly contained a URL for a pornographic website. A mother in South Carolina filed a class action lawsuit against Mattel after her daughter visited the website.

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Trivia: As unbelievable as it may sound, following this film's record-breaking global earnings, Box Office Mojo recognized the X-Men series of films as the highest-grossing R-rated film franchise in history. This is despite the fact that only four of the fourteen films in the series are rated R.

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28th Oct 2024

Mortal Kombat (1995)

Trivia: Trevor Goddard's performance as Kano was so well received by fans that the character was retconned to be Australian in subsequent games.

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28th Oct 2024

The Simpsons (1989)

27th Oct 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Bright Eyes - S1-E7

Trivia: When Bastion is killing Gyrich for almost ruining his surprise, the subtitles ironically spoil the surprise of Bastion's identity by revealing him to be the man speaking.

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27th Oct 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

19th Oct 2024

Wicked (2024)

Trivia: A fan created a poster of this film emulating the design of the musical's iconic poster. Upon seeing this image, Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, bizarrely called it the most offensive thing she had ever seen.

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Trivia: Knull co-creator Ryan Stegman was annoyed that the character was written into this film without his knowledge or input. Sony extended an olive branch to Stegman by giving him a screening of the film, which he ended up enjoying.

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Trivia: One of the special teams that players can form in this game is Wolverine, Deadpool, Blade, and Elektra, dubbed "Assassins." These four characters coincidentally briefly teamed together in the 2024 film "Deadpool and Wolverine."

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Trivia: In a surprising (and given the reception, highly questionable) move by Warner Bros, director Todd Phillips was given complete creative control over this film, including final cut, and no test screenings.

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7th Oct 2024

Speak No Evil (2024)

Trivia: The Danish couple at the beginning is likely a reference to this film being a remake of a Danish film.

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4th Oct 2024

Clerks (1994)

Trivia: While appearing on a talk show in London, Samuel L. Jackson was asked if there were any directors he's never worked with, but would like to. Knowing George Lucas was on the verge of making this film, he said he'd like to be in a Star Wars film. Jackson was later in Vallejo, CA, working on Sphere, which was shooting down the street from Skywalker Ranch. He received a message that Lucas heard he was interested in being in this film and invited him to come to the ranch to discuss it.

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4th Oct 2024

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Trivia: Samuel L. Jackson auditioned for a role in this film. He attended the film's Sundance screening and ran into Quentin Tarantino, who remembered him. Tarantino told him he was writing a new film, which would end up being Pulp Fiction, and sent Jackson the script in the mail a couple of weeks later, with a note for him to not show it to anyone else.

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Trivia: In an interview with GQ, Samuel L. Jackson revealed that the scene where Nick Fury is trying to elude the HYDRA forces is his favourite moment for the character in the entire MCU.

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