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Trivia: The film's interpretation of the Emerald City and Mombi's castle are featured as a location on the Storybrook Land Canal Boat attraction at Disneyland Paris.

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Trivia: Among others, Drew Barrymore and Alanis Morissette auditioned for and were considered for the part of Dorothy before Fairuza Balk was cast.

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Trivia: Fairuza Balk did all of her own stunts in the film, which is something of a rarity for child actors.

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Trivia: Christopher Lloyd and Tim Curry were both considered for the part of Dr. Worley/The Nome King.

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Trivia: Alan Ritchson, who portrays Rafael in this film and the sequel "Out of the Shadows," has stated that the actors portraying the four turtles were mistreated on-set and by the studio. As they were technically portraying animated characters through motion capture, their contracts were reportedly "full of loopholes" that didn't afford them equal treatment with the rest of the live-action cast, despite them being on-set full-time doing grueling work in motion-capture suits. One particular instant included the four turtle actors being kicked off set at the end of a 14-hour day without transportation home, while the rest of the cast and crew were given rides. They also weren't paid overtime like the rest of the crew, were barred from giving interviews despite portraying the titular characters, weren't invited to the premier, and were subsequently denied back-end profit shares from the sequel that they had been promised.

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Trivia: Early on in production, the film was actually meant to be an epic two-part story. Part one would be called "Phoenix," while part two would be called "Dark Phoenix." The studio eventually pulled the plug on the second film for unknown reasons, forcing writer/director Simon Kinberg to fold the scripts together into one single film. Many elements of the story fell by the wayside when this happened since they couldn't be fit into one single film.

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Continuity mistake: Throughout the "Everybody Needs Somebody" song number, pay attention to the band member in the background smoking a pipe. More specifically, watch the smoke coming out of his pipe. Sometimes it's consistent from shot to shot, but at other times, it changes completely. (Ex. When Jake sings "When my soul's on fire," all of the smoke disappears between cuts).

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Trivia: Co-writer Josh Stolberg has confirmed that the movie will take place in the same "universe" as the previous eight "Saw" films, but won't be a direct sequel. Instead, it will focus on a new story and new characters.

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Trivia: The film is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. He previously directed "Saw II," "Saw III" and "Saw IV," before taking a step back from the series to work on other projects. He decided to return to the series to direct this entry.

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Trivia: The first entry in the "Saw" series not to be released in October.

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Trivia: The film's working title was "The Organ Donor."

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Trivia: This Japanese horror film, and its 2005 American remake, are notable for having eerie similarities to a real-life case. Elisa Lam was a student who disappeared in Los Angeles in 2013. Her body was later found in a water-tank at the hotel where she was staying after other guests complained their water was discolored and had a strange taste. A security tape featuring a distressed Lam was also released to the public. To this day, the circumstances of Lam's death remain partially unknown, and there are many conspiracy theories revolving around the case.

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Trivia: This film is directed by Hideo Nakata and based on a novel by Koji Suzuki. Nakata had previously directed the film "Ring" (also known as "Ringu"), which was also based on a novel by Suzuki.

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Trivia: The film co-stars Ninja and Yo-Landi from the controversial rap group Die Antwoord. Director Neil Blomkamp actually wanted Ninja to star in his previous film "Elysium," but Ninja turned it down because he was uncomfortable with the idea of doing an American accent in his first major film role. Ninja and Yo-Landi reportedly did all of the murals and much of the set decoration for their home in the film.

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Trivia: "Chappie" was originally conceived as the first film in a trilogy. However, plans for any sequels were dropped after the film underperformed at the box office.

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Trivia: DVDs of "Firefly" and its follow-up movie "Serenity" were brought up to the international space station in 2007 by astronaut Steven Ray Swanson, who is a massive fan of the series. They are reportedly still a permanent fixture in the space station.

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Safe - S1-E7

Trivia: This episode features the first credited role of future star Zac Efron. Efron plays the young version of Simon in flashbacks.

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Trivia: Rebecca Gayheart was initially cast as Inarra, but was replaced after one day of filming as she reportedly didn't have enough chemistry with the rest of the cast. Morena Baccarin was cast two days later and reportedly started filming that same day to make up for lost time.

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Trivia: Neil Patrick Harris reportedly auditioned and was considered for the role of Simon. He later went on to play the titular character in "Firefly" creator Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog."

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Trivia: Executives at Fox took issue with nearly every aspect of the series during production, and caused a great deal of trouble for the creators. For example, Fox attempted to meddle with the story and characters, including attempting to force creator Joss Whedon to rewrite the characters Wash and Zoe so they wouldn't be married. Fox also disliked several of the episodes and aired them completely out of order (including airing the pilot last), making the plot extremely difficult to follow. Episodes were also frequently delayed for sporting events and shifted around, making it hard for fans to watch the series. Finally, Fox attempted to deceptively market the series as a "wacky" and "twisted" sci-fi comedy as opposed to marketing it as the sci-fi drama with comedic elements that it actually was. These are often cited among the many factors that contributed to its early cancellation. However, despite these factors, the series ended up becoming a massive cult hit among sci-fi fans.

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