Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

The Mummy

In 1999, the world was introduced to "The Mummy." In 2017 though, it rose from the dead again! Clive Barker, Wes Craven, George A. Romero, and Daniel Day-Lewis were all considered for the initial directing position, but it was Stephen Sommers who got the gig. Just look at what he inspired years later!

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The More You Know

  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role in Die Hard.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • During the filming of The Grinch, Jim Carrey sought counseling from a Navy SEAL to learn torture-resistance techniques in order to handle the extensive makeup.
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