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Trivia: This film, despite being marketed as a sequel to the "Ringu" film series, is actually more a sequel to the non-canonical "forgotten" sequel "Rasen" than it is to the original "Ringu" or its follow-ups "Ringu 2" and "Ringu 0: Birthday."

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Trivia: Marks the fourth "Ring/Ringu" film to be directed by original "Ringu" director Hideo Nakata. Nakata had previously directed the original Japanese film "Ringu" in 1998 and its sequel "Ringu 2" in 1999. He also directed the film "The Ring Two" in the American remake series. This will be the first Japanese "Ringu" film he has directed in 20 years.

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Trivia: During the climax, Sadako's unnatural movement was accomplished with a very simple in-camera effect - the actress performed the scene backwards. The footage was then reversed, which gave her movements an uncanny feeling, since they weren't quite "right." In addition, to further aid in giving her an uncanny appearance, the closeup of her eyeball in the final scenes of the film were actually shot with a male actor's eye... again to subtly make it feel not quite "right."

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Trivia: The film is loosely based on an ongoing series of novels by Japanese author Koji Suzuki. While the film shares the basic premise of the novels, the details are vastly different. (Notably, the books feature heavy and increasing science-fiction overtones that are absent from the films.) The American remake, "The Ring," is based more directly on this film and its sequel "Ringu 2" than the novels.

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Trivia: "Puppet Master" was originally intended to be a theatrical release. However, series creator Charles Band found that he was making more money in the video market than in theaters, so the film was instead released direct-to-video. It was a huge hit for Band, leading to ten official sequels, a non-canonical spin-off (Puppet Master VS Demonic Toys) and a reboot. (The Littlest Reich).

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Trivia: Whenever we see Pinhead's hands punching someone or picking something up, the hands are actually the hands of a stunt-woman named Cindy Sorensen. Sorensen has dwarfism, so her hands were the perfect size to portray the puppet's.

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Trivia: Originally, an early version of the puppet "Six Shooter" was intended to be included in the film. The puppet would have been a six-armed ninja. Series creator Charles Band liked the idea of a puppet with six arms, and reused the idea later on in the third film, which introduced "Six Shooter."

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Trivia: The puppets actually only have about five minutes of screentime, despite being the main selling point of the film.

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Trivia: The original title for the film was "Flying Wild." A number of trailers for the film under this original title were even released, including notably on the VHS release for the hit film "Jumanji." The title was only changed a few weeks before the film was released in theaters.

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Trivia: The look of the puppet "Blade" is inspired by the actor Klaus Kinski.

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Trivia: The American and international versions of the film have different opening sequences. In the American version, Holmes and Watson meet in school. In the international version, Holmes (accidentally) saves Watson from committing suicide.

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Trivia: In one scene, Chris Tucker orders gefilte fish. This is a bit of an inside joke to the outtakes for "Rush Hour 2." In that film, Chris Tucker was supposed to order gefilte fish in one scene, but Tucker simply could not pronounce the word "gefilte," so the scene was re-written. They later reincorporated the line into this film, just to see if Tucker would finally be able to pronounce it.

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Trivia: Because it took so long to get "Rush Hour 3" into production due to various cast and crew issues, the producers considered filming a third and a fourth film back-to-back, and releasing them a few years apart. This idea was dropped. But perhaps they shouldn't have, because as of 2019, a fourth film has yet to be released, even though the principal cast and crew want to make one.

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Trivia: Originally, Detective Carter's father was going to have a cameo in the film, and he was going to be played by American Politician Herman Cain in a short, humorous scene. However, it was later decided that the scene needed to go, as Carter's father was said to have died in the original movie, and it was felt that ret-conning this important aspect of the character for a throwaway scene would invalidate the first movie.

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Trivia: In something of a weird tradition, every main villain in the "Rush Hour" movies dies by falling. Griffin in the original falls to his death from the ceiling of the exhibition. Ricky Tan is kicked out of a casino window to his death in "Rush Hour 2." And Kenji allows himself to fall to his death from the Eiffel Tower in this movie.

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Trivia: The only "Rush Hour" film not to feature a Michael Jackson song. However, there are a few nods to Jackson in the film - notably Chris Tucker refers to himself as "Bubbles" in one scene - which was the name of Jackson's pet chimpanzee for a time.

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Trivia: Some of the fake money made for the production ended up being stolen from the set by extras. Several of those extras later attempted to pass off the money as real. As a result, the FBI had to briefly investigate the film's production.

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Trivia: Zhang Ziyi's part was originally written to be a male character.

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Trivia: Don Cheadle agreed to be in the film, but only if he could fight Jackie Chan. His scene was then re-written to accommodate his request.

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Trivia: Early in pre-production, famed rapper Tupac Shakur was in consideration for the co-lead Agent Carter.

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