Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

The Birdcage

What started as a French play titled "La Cage aux Folles," eventually got the Hollywood treatment in 1978. A few years passed before Robin Williams took his iconic comedic stylings to the role in 1996. This became a movie for the ages, with equal parts of heartfelt moments and LOL-worthy scenes. 

Little Shop Of Horrors

There are tons of adaptations to Little Shop Of Horrors, but most people only know either the Broadway production or the 1986 film. What most people don't know, however, is that the musical is actually an adaptation of the 1960 dark comedy film! Obviously, it went through some major rebranding for the stage...

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The More You Know

  • Robert Ludlum, the creator of the Jason Bourne series, died while the first Bourne film was in post-production.
  • Michael Myers’ mask in "Halloween" is William Shatner’s face.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Beck Hansen wrote and composed the music played by the fictional band S*x Bob-omb in the movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World".
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.