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Trivia: Originally, John Krasinski didn't want to write or direct the film. He came up with the basic story, but intended to hand off the project to another writer/director to develop and helm. However, the studio was eventually able to convince him to return.

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Trivia: Ironically, this theatrical movie is actually slightly shorter than the average episode of the TV show that inspired it. The show typically runs 80-90 minutes per episode (roughly two hours with commercials), while the movie is only 74 minutes.

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Stupidity: Leon is able to sleep though an 18 wheeler crashing and then exploding about twenty feet in front of him at the police station... the deafening blast, the heat, the light, etc. don't wake him up. But a gunshot from a pistol woke him up thirty seconds later.

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Trivia: Like many movies, its release was pushed back multiple times due to the COVID pandemic. It was originally scheduled to be released in July, 2021. It was subsequently pushed back to November, and then again to December.

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Trivia: Original "Doctor Strange" director Scott Derrickson was originally attached to return for this sequel in 2017, but left the production in early 2020. Derrickson and his co-writer C. Robert Cargill wanted to take the movie in a different direction than Marvel Studios, and decided to step away, as they did not want to compromise either their or Marvel's vision for the sequel. Derrickson however is remaining attached as an executive producer due to his work on the first movie and the character.

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Trivia: The fourth comic-book movie directed by Sam Raimi, who previously directed the original "Spider-Man" trilogy in the 2000's. Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige is reportedly a big fan of Raimi's first two "Spider-Man" movies (even referring to "Spider-Man 2" as "one of the best superhero movies ever" in interviews), and desperately wanted to bring him into the MCU as a director.

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Trivia: This reboot was announced while the last film in the original film series - "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" - was still in theaters.

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Trivia: Reportedly, the number of deer that were hunted in the US fell by nearly 50% for several years after the film's release. This has sometimes been attributed to the film anthropomorphizing deer and making them more relatable. The film is also known for helping coin the term "The Bambi Effect," in which people are somewhat less likely to hunt or kill animals that are as cute.

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Trivia: The scene with Jill eating Wesker's sandwich and saying "It's Jill's sandwich now!" (although saying it quickly in such a way that you can't hear the "s" and it sounds more like "It's Jill sandwich now!") is a reference to an infamous moment in the original video game. In the game, Jill is almost crushed by a booby-trap, and the character Barry says she was "almost a Jill sandwich!" The poor dialogue and terrible delivery by the voice actor ended up making the moment a meme many years later.

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Trivia: Was originally set to be produced by James Wan, but he left the project to produce the 2021 film "Mortal Kombat" - another reboot of a popular video-game-to-movie adaptation.

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Trivia: Writer Guinevere Turner has stated that she actually spent much of the premier laughing at how bad the film turned out. Especially because so much of the film had been changed during filming, it had virtually no resemblance to her script.

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Trivia: Comedian Paul Rudd had a running gag for many years where, whenever he'd appear on Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show, he'd set up a clip for a film he was promoting... and then instead show the infamous clip from "Mac and Me" in which Eric falls over a cliff in his wheelchair, and the alien Mac pops up in the foreground. The gag ended up going on for 17 years.

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Trivia: Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright was partially inspired by his own obsession with the "Swinging Sixties" growing up, as he would listen to his parents tell him stories about the decade. However, he also always knew that the decade wasn't perfect by any means, and sought to make the film also a warning about the dangers of having too much nostalgia, stating: "In a way, the film is about romanticizing the past and why it's... wrong to do that."

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Trivia: Director Edgar Wright first conceived of the film in 2007. It was finally released in 2021 - fourteen years later.

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Trivia: During production of the film, Corey Feldman became a drug addict after being given cocaine the first time. Director Joel Schumacher (who had his own issues with drugs) found out, and fearing for Feldman's safety, fired him but then subsequently rehired him. Feldman has stated that Schumacher became a great friend of his and did everything in his power to try to help Feldman kick his drug habit and get his life back together. They still regularly spoke up until Schumacher's death in 2020.

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Trivia: The show's main character is a gay teenager named Jake who is bullied and mistreated. Chucky's creator Don Mancini has stated that Jake is partially inspired by his own upbringing, as he realised he was gay as a teenager and dealt with some similar issues growing up. (Albeit, he obviously didn't deal with a supernaturally possessed doll.) Mancini has also stated that Chucky is meant to be a metaphor for childhood bullying in the series, as he mistreats and manipulates Jake.

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Give Me Something Good to Eat - S1-E2

Trivia: This episode features the first reference to Chucky's offspring Glen/Glenda since the release of "Seed of Chucky" 17 years prior. Both prior sequels ("Curse of Chucky" and "Cult of Chucky") made no mention of Glen/Glenda.

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Trivia: Was originally meant to be released in June 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its release was delayed over a year to August 2021.

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Trivia: Creator Don Mancini has said that the series will be taking heavy tonal and stylistic cues from the film "Child's Play 2," as that entry in the series is considered a fan favorite. This includes basing Chucky's look on the design seen in that film, as opposed to redesigns from later films in the series.

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Trivia: Writer Don Mancini has been critical of the casting of Jeremy Sylvers (who plays Tyler) and Dakin Matthews (who plays Cochrane). He felt Sylvers was a year or so too old for his part, and that his infatuation with the Good Guy dolls and trust of Chucky wasn't realistic at his age. He also felt that Matthews was too old for his part, which he had originally envisioned as being played by an "R. Lee Ermy type," making it funny that he'd take one look at a doll and have a heart-attack.

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