2017 Film Trivia

Interesting film trivia from 2017

Thor: Ragnarok

Eighty percent of the dialogue in the film was improvised.

Baby Driver

Edgar Wright began work on this film in 1995, but only finished the script in 2011, and then finally the film in 2017.

War For The Planet Of The Apes

Woody Harrelson came up with the idea to address Caesar by ticking off the military rivals of the past, "Wellington and Napoleon, Grant and Lee, Custer and Sitting Bull.

Atomic Blonde

The pivotal fight sequence that takes place in a real Berlin building spans almost 10 minutes in what looks to be a singular take. In reality, the sequence consists of almost 40 separate shots seamlessly spliced together. Most of them also had CGI assistance.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

Vin Diesel recorded Groot's voice for sixteen foreign-language releases of the film.

Logan

Sir Patrick Stewart lost 21 pounds to play Charles Xavier. Stewart stated that he had never purposefully lost weight before. Hugh Jackman actually carried Stewart for real.

Alien: Covenant

Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth

The Xenomorphs design was based on a sculpture of a human figure with the skin removed, while its movements were based on those of a praying mantis and a baboon.

John Wick Chapter 2

Ninety-five percent of the stunts were performed by Keanu Reeves Himself.

Wind River

The final instalment in Taylor Sheridan's thematic American Frontier trilogy after Sicario (2015) and Hell or High Water (2016)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Carrie Fisher was actually involved in some of the script writing for the film.