These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

The Wild Thornberrys

The Nickelodeon sitcom The Wild Thornberrys isn't exactly on the front of audience's minds ever, and the film is no exception. Despite a relatively boring plotline, the movie did earn an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. "Father and Daughter" lost to "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, though.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
Next Page →