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1. Most people over 30 likely associate The Smurfs with the classic '80s cartoon. However, that wasn't The Smurfs' first adaptation into animation. In 1961, they were adapted into a cartoon series in Belgium that ran from (1961–67), though it appears it was more of a series of specials than a full-fledged TV series as there were only nine episodes.
2. Mike Myers originally recorded all his dialogue for Shrek in his normal accent, but after seeing a rough cut of the movie, he asked DreamWorks CEO and the film's producer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, if he could re-record his lines with a Scottish accent.
3. Throughout the '90s and '00s, there were lots of direct-to-video sequels/prequels to both new and classic Disney movies. However, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of the few exceptions. But in 2005, a direct-to-video, computer-animated prequel film to Snow White was put into production. The prequel was titled The Seven Dwarfs and was led by director Mike Disa and screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos — who both knew the reputation of Disney animated sequel films being unoriginal and not great, and wanted to make something very different. According to Mike, he said it would be "Disney’s answer to The Lord of the Rings." However, in 2006, when John Lasseter became the Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, he canceled the movie, along with all other direct-to-video movies still in development.
4. There are actually two versions of the 1931 classic film Dracula. One is in English and stars Bela Lugosi, while the other is in Spanish and stars Carlos Villarías. Both movies were filmed simultaneously in essentially two shifts; the English movie was filmed during the day, while the Spanish version was shot at night — filming the same exact scenes that the English film had shot that day. Below is a side-by-side of a scene from both versions.
5. If you haven't seen the original Dracula, then it might be easy to assume that the movie takes place in the 1890s, but it actually takes place in then modern-day 1931 London.
6. It's a well-known fact that Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is an unauthorized retelling of Dracula. However, the 1922 film introduced one element that has become standard in vampire media: that sunlight kills vampires. At the end of the movie, Count Orlok becomes the first vampire to die from exposure to sunlight (prior to that, sunlight was more of an annoyance).
7. If you aren't listening to the lyrics closely, then you may miss that OutKast's "Hey Ya!" is actually a sad song. According to André 3000 — who wrote the majority of it — the song was about modern-day relationships and how "a lot of people stay together for tradition," choosing to be unhappy rather than alone.
Even OutKast's official Twitter account tweeted back in 2021, about how "Hey Ya!" is actually a sad song:
OutKast/SME / Via Twitter: @Outkast
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