In 1997, Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and he had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
-3
John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
1
Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
7
In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
139
Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
3
On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
2
Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
5
The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!
647