Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

King Kong

Jack Black stars in this 2005 movie about a monkey too big for his own good. This 2005 remake of the 1933 classic shook fans to their very core. How do you safely take down a primate the size of a building? It's no easy task, so watch how they earned their $218.1M profit in 3 hours...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" is a macabre musical that follows a man returning from prison after being incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Though it's much less famous, the first iteration of this famous book came in the form of a 1936 British drama horror film by George King.

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The More You Know

  • There’s a Starbucks cup in every "Fight Club" scene.
  • For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
  • A "Harry Potter" stunt double was paralyzed on the job.
  • Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.