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Trivia: Directors Joe and Anthony Russo like to put in nods to their previous works in their MCU films. In this movie, a man closely resembling Tobias Funke in his "Blue Man Group" makeup (from the series "Arrested Development") is briefly visible inside of one of the Collector's cages behind Gamora for a brief instant. It's hard to spot, but he's there.

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Trivia: With the release of this film, Robert Downey Jr., who played Sherlock Holmes in a 2009 feature film and its 2011 sequel, has worked with two Watsons and a fellow Holmes in the MCU. His "Iron Man 3" co-star Ben Kingsley portrayed Watson in the comedy film "Without a Clue." His "Captain America: Civil War" co-star Martin Freeman portrays Watson alongside Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes in the BBC series "Sherlock." And Downey stars alongside Cumberbatch in this film.

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Trivia: The film establishes that the longer Chucky's soul inhabits the doll, the more "human" it becomes. To subtly allude to this fact, the special effects team made several variations of the doll that were used throughout filming, with each new doll having slightly more "human" qualities than the previous doll. A prime example is the skin tone - the films starts with Chucky looking like a real doll with shiny and bright plastic skin, but by the end of the film, the skin is less shiny, less vibrant and a bit more "elastic" in quality, more like human skin than plastic. Chucky's eyes were also made somewhat more translucent and realistic as the film progressed, and were even set back further into the head in later scenes.

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Trivia: Though it was released seven years after the prior film "Child's Play 3," this movie actually only takes place about one month later, as "Child's Play 3" had a significant jump in the timeline following the previous two films.

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Trivia: Alice is the only one of the "alters" whose name does not appear in the opening credits. Buck's name appears on his motorcycle, while T's name appears as a tattoo on her rear-end.

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Trivia: This episode features a subplot involving an earthquake hitting Japan. Tragically, a month before the episode was released in April, 2011, an earthquake and subsequent tsunami actually did hit Japan, killing over 15,000 people. Because the episode had been filmed months prior and the fact that there was not enough time to re-assemble the cast and shoot new material to replace references to the earthquake, network Showtime was forced to add a disclaimer to the episode clarifying the circumstances of the story as being a tragic coincidence.

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Trivia: Set to be released almost 40 years to the day after the original film, with only a six-day difference.

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Trivia: This will be the first film in the franchise with direct involvement from series creator John Carpenter since 1982's "Halloween III: Season of the Witch." Carpenter will serve as an executive producer on the film, in addition to writing the film's musical score. Carpenter, dissatisfied with the prior sequels and the 2007 remake, sought out to return to the series and guide the direction this film went in.

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Trivia: It was confirmed that this movie will only be a direct sequel to the original film, and will eschew the continuity of every previous sequel, including any references to Laurie Strode being Michael Myers' sister, as this was not a part of the first film.

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Trivia: This film signifies the fourth official timeline in the Halloween film series. There is the standard timeline which includes entries 1, 2, 7 and 8. The "Thorn Cult/Curse" storyline which includes entries 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. And the remake timeline which includes the 2007 film and its 2009 sequel. The new timeline created by this film will only be comprised of the original and this 2018 release.

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Trivia: When it was originally reported that Danny McBride would be a co-writer on the film, many assumed it was referring to the screenwriter Danny McBride, whom wrote several entries in the "Underworld" film series. It wasn't until shortly after that it was revealed that the Danny McBride co-writing the film was indeed the comedy actor best known for films including "Pineapple Express" and "This is the End." McBride is a huge fan of the original film, and together with director David Gordon Green, wanted to make a proper sequel to the original film after finding the other sequels hit-and-miss.

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Trivia: Despite being the third film, this sequel was actually filmed second. At the point it went into filming, Wesley Snipes, who starred in the original, hadn't signed on for a sequel, so his role was recast. During production, Snipes signed on to return to the series and a new sequel was commissioned, while this film was shelved while producers figured out what to do with it. It was going to be re-titled at one point and any references to the previous films cut-out to make it stand alone, but after "The Art of War II: Betrayal" became a hot-seller, this film was quickly released as the "third" entry in the series.

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Trivia: This sequel was filmed and released at the same time in 1998 as the first film - "Ringu." As the films were based on an incredibly popular book series, the studio thought that releasing the first movie and its sequel simultaneously would drastically increase profits - fans could see the first movie, then immediately pay for another ticket to see the sequel right after. Unfortunately, this tactic backfired. Few people saw this sequel in theaters and it garnered poor word-of-mouth, despite the fact the first film became incredibly popular. As a result, one year later, a new sequel - "Ringu 2" was produced that ignored this film entirely.

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Trivia: George Lucas originally wanted to set portions of the film in a haunted mansion where Indy would encounter various ghosts and specters, but director Steven Spielberg protested, as he had made "Poltergeist" a few years earlier and didn't want to repeat the same scares and imagery over again in an Indiana Jones film. Other early ideas had Indy searching for the fountain of youth and encountering the Chinese mythological figure the Monkey King.

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Trivia: Director Stephen Norrington had such a negative experience working on this film that he retired from directing and semi-retired from the industry as a whole, refusing to helm another major motion picture. True to his word, in the fifteen years that have passed since the release of "LXG," Norrington has not directed another film, and has only worked on five other credited projects (mainly short films and low-budget features), and even then, only in the effects departments as a sculptor and digital artist.

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Trivia: The first major studio film directed by David S. Goyer, whom wrote all three movies. Another director was lined up, but fired early in production, and Goyer was selected as a last-minute replacement. Series star Wesley Snipes, weary of Goyer's lack of experience and wanting a veteran director, protested, which was the start of the behind-the-scenes drama mentioned elsewhere in the trivia.

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Trivia: Despite the production troubles on this film, series star Wesley Snipes has long lobbied to get a fourth film made to redeem the series after this third film was met with a generally lukewarm reception from fans. Though he tried for a number of years, the rights to the character eventually reverted back to Marvel, whom have hinted at a potential reboot as opposed to a fourth film.

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Trivia: On the DVD/Blu-Ray, there's an alternate ending featuring a werewolf. In the scene, director David S. Goyer appears in a cameo as the casino-goer that Hannibal King punches and throws onto a table.

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Trivia: "Blade II" is the only film Guillermo del Toro has directed where he was not a credited writer. (Though he did do some uncredited touch-up work, mainly on the dialogue).

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Trivia: The film came about in-part due to the fact Wesley Snipes wanted to star in a Marvel superhero movie, but his dream project - "Black Panther" - got stuck in development Hell. Eventually, Snipes became intrigued by the Blade character, and helped get the film made. A "Black Panther" film was eventually made (without Snipes), and released exactly twenty years after "Blade" hit screens.

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