Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven from 2016 was pretty darn good, but nowhere near as memorable as the version from 1960...right? Yes, this small town liberation film is not an original idea...or at least it was 50 years ago. Plus, how often do you get to see Chris Pratt star as the villain? Almost never!

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The More You Know

  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • The Hollywood sign once read ‘Hollywoodland’
  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
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