Trivia: James Gunn wrote the film with Ego as the main antagonist without knowing that Marvel didn't have the rights to the character. Fox at the time held the rights and agreed to relinquish them in return for being allowed to make changes to Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool.
Phaneron
31st Aug 2021
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
31st Aug 2021
Blade II (2002)
31st Aug 2021
Step by Step (1991)
Trivia: Sasha Mitchell was dismissed from the show after the fifth season due to allegations of spousal abuse. It was later revealed that Mitchell's wife at the time would abuse their children in drug-induced rages and that Mitchell would intervene to protect them. Mitchell would later be brought back in a guest appearance in the show's penultimate episode.
31st Aug 2021
Spectre (2015)
Trivia: The revelation that Bond and Blofeld are foster brothers is strikingly similar to the revelation that Bond parody Austin Powers and Blofeld parody Dr. Evil are twin brothers from the James Bond spoof film Austin Powers in Goldmember, released 13 years earlier.
31st Aug 2021
Dexter (2006)
Trivia: In this show, Christian Camargo plays Dexter's older brother. In real life, Michael C. Hall is 5 months older than Camargo.
31st Aug 2021
Better Call Saul (2015)
Trivia: On July 27th, 2021 while filming the sixth and final season, Bob Odenkirk suffered a minor heart attack and collapsed on set.
31st Aug 2021
Dexter (2006)
Trivia: When Deb is telling Dexter that she has a date with Lundy that night, she remarks that he is 20 years older than her. In real life, Keith Carradine is 31 years older than Jennifer Carpenter. (00:22:30)
31st Aug 2021
Blade (1998)
Trivia: Blade's tattoos were designed by director Stephen Norrington.
31st Aug 2021
X-Men (1992)
Trivia: Cedric Smith and Catherine Disher - who voiced Professor X and Jean Grey, respectively - were married at the time the show was in production.
31st Aug 2021
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: In celebration of this episode's 25th anniversary, Homer Simpson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, complete with an exhibit highlighting the episode.
28th Aug 2021
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Trivia: This film is infamous for an onset altercation between Christian Bale and cinematographer Shane Hurlbut. Hurlbut walked onto the set during the filming of a scene, which led to Bale - known for being an intense method actor - going on a profanity-laced tirade against Hurlbut.
27th Aug 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Trivia: Spider-Man asking Doctor Strange to cast a spell in order to make people forget that he is Peter Parker is similar to the comics storyline "One More Day." After the events of "Civil War" where Spider-Man revealed his secret identity to the world, he made a deal with Mephisto to save Aunt May's life in exchange for Mephisto nullifying Peter's marriage to Mary Jane Watson. As part of the deal, Mephisto erased everyone's memory of Spider-Man being Peter Parker.
26th Aug 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
25th Aug 2021
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
22nd Aug 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Trivia: This film sees the return of Abomination for the first time since 2008's The Incredible Hulk. His physical appearance is also much closer to the comics than it was in the aforementioned film.
14th Aug 2021
Blade II (2002)
12th Aug 2021
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
10th Aug 2021
Blade II (2002)
9th Aug 2021
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Trivia: Sean Connery never appeared in another live action film following this one. The stress he experienced making it is what led him to retire from acting until his death in 2020, with the only exception being a voice role for an animated film in 2012 called Sir Billi. He strongly considered coming out of retirement for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but ultimately declined, as he found retirement to be a lot of fun.
5th Aug 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: Warner Brothers offered James Gunn the opportunity to direct a sequel to Man of Steel, but he chose to do this film instead. Gunn would later go on to direct a new iteration of Superman with "Superman: Legacy."
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