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Trivia: Director William Peter Blatty (who also wrote the original film and the novel it was based on) absolutely hated the much-reviled second film, "Exorcist II: The Heretic." Thus he went out of his way to make sure this film contained no references to it at all, and didn't consider it canonical to this film. (Similar to how "Highlander 3" ignores the second film or how "Halloween H20" ignores the events of "Halloween" 4-6).

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Trivia: Director William Peter Blatty's original cut of the film was believed to be lost, as the studio could not locate the footage. However, an old videotape containing much of the lost footage was found in 2016, and Blatty was able to splice the VHS-quality footage into the movie to assemble an impromptu "director's cut" shortly before his death. The "director's cut" was finally released on Blu-Ray through boutique company Shout Factory in late 2016.

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Trivia: At one point, the Gemini Killer says the line "it's child's play," and the film cuts to a little red-haired kid. This is a cute little in-joke, as the Gemini Killer is played by Brad Dourif, who voices the killer-doll Chucky (a doll with red hair) in the "Child's Play" horror movie series.

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Trivia: Director William Peter Blatty wanted to title the film "Legion" after his novel the script was based on, while the studio (understandably) wanted to call it "The Exorcist III" for brand-recognition reasons. Blatty absolutely hated "Exorcist II: The Heretic" and felt that the title "The Exorcist III" would suggest this movie followed that one, so he countered by suggesting they title the film "The Exorcist 1990." The studio eventually won out and went with "The Exorcist III."

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Trivia: There is a persistent rumor that Daniel Craig was going to have a cameo as a member of the Illuminati. Craig allegedly would have played Balder the Brave, a sibling of Thor. While it has not been 100% confirmed, reports suggest Craig was cast in the role, but ultimately dropped out due to a sudden rise in COVID cases during the film's production. (He didn't want to risk travelling and getting his family sick.) Thus, the character was simply written out and replaced with another Marvel hero.

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Trivia: Officer Richards (the cop who talks about banh mi bread) is played by Charlie Benton, an actual police officer who specializes in homicide investigations. He was hired as a consultant on the film, but was so charming and likeable behind the scenes, they decided to give him a small role as the ill-fated cop. His partner Officer Francis is played by Christopher Allen Nelson, an award-winning effects and makeup artist (and occasional actor) who did some uncredited makeup work on the film.

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Trivia: The film was released in theaters and on the streaming platform Peacock simultaneously. This is because producer Jason Blum's previous 2020 film "Freaky" underperformed at the box office due to extreme COVID-19 restrictions. Blum felt that releasing it both in theaters and on Peacock would allow fans who couldn't go to the theater the chance to see it. The decision was met with some backlash from the industry. Thankfully, the film still performed well in theaters, grossing over $100 million.

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Trivia: The budget for the show reached as high as $25 million per episode, making this the most expensive television show of all time at the time of airing. Subsequent MCU shows have had roughly the same budget-level per episode.

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Trivia: The final major theatrical film to feature Bruce Willis before his retirement from acting in 2022 due to Frontotemporal dementia. (While he starred in several films after, they were primarily direct-to-video and streaming films with very limited theatrical releases).

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Trivia: Star Glenn Howerton partially credited "That '80s Show" as having helped get his popular sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" made. Despite this show failing and being cancelled after only one season, he was able to use some of the money me made from it to buy the camcorder that was used to the shoot the original proof of concept "pilot" that was used to pitch "Always Sunny" to networks. Without "That '80s Show," there's a very high chance "Always Sunny" wouldn't exist.

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Trivia: With sales of over 47 million units between VHS, DVD and Blu-ray, "The Lion King" is the best-selling home-video title of all time on physical media.

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Trivia: The movie is allegedly inspired by a real event that happened to producer/co-writer Melissa Goddard. A friend stayed with her family, and ended up seducing her step-father, causing great tension.

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Trivia: There is a persistent rumor that the reason Agent L (the coroner from the first film who became an agent) was written out of the sequel was because the entire cast and crew hated actress Linda Fiorentino, who had a rather notorious reputation for being a bit of a diva. Tommy Lee Jones was even rumored to say he'd refuse to return if she did. To her credit, Fiorentino has said she would have returned, but couldn't do to scheduling conflicts. Although it's anyone's guess which is really true.

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Trivia: Sonic not being able to swim is a callback to the original video-games, where Sonic can't swim. When he's underwater, he can only move like normal (albeit slower), and will drown after a brief period. In order to avoid drowning, he has to either surface or make contact with large air-bubbles that he can breathe in. This is also referenced in the movie when Sonic sucks in a giant air-bubble in the temple ruins while he's underwater to avoid drowning.

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Trivia: Tom's cellphone ringtone is the theme to the level "Green Hill Zone" from the original 1991 "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game. The theme was also featured briefly in the first film in both an orchestral and piano rendition.

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Trivia: The biplane from the wedding that Tails steals is a reference to the original video-games, in which Tails sometimes flies a similar biplane.

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Trivia: At one point, Knuckles hits Sonic and Sonic drops and loses his bag of rings. This is a subtle reference to the video-games. In the video-games, Sonic collects rings which act as a sort-of surrogate health-meter. When he gets hit, he loses all his rings, and has to recollect them. (If he gets hit again while having no rings, he dies).

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Trivia: Sonic makes a brief joke about the feud between the actors Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, who both appeared in the "Fast and Furious" movie franchise. This film is from the same producers as that franchise.

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Trivia: Some of Robotnik's new drones have insect-like features. This is taken from the games, which featured robotic animals and insects as common enemies. In particular, the hornet-like drones are based on the "Buzz Bomber" enemies from the original Sega Genesis game.

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Trivia: In essentially every other live-action Batman movie, the black eye-makeup around Batman's eyes has a tendency to just "disappear" whenever he takes his mask off. This is the first movie in which it actually remains on his face and he must clean it off.

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