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TIL Oliver Stone was working on a movie called 'Company Man' about the Iran-Contra scandal, starring Paul Newman and timed to be released right before the 1988 presidential election. When producers wouldn't guarantee the release date, Stone halted the project to make 'Talk Radio' instead.

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yv4V TIL that the series of British children’s books ‘Where’s Wally?’ is called 'Where’s Waldo?’ in the US, 'Where’s Willy?“ in Norway, 'Where’s Wōrī? in Japan, and 22 other different names, depending on what country you are in.
neMjG TIL that there was a real-life John Wick. Meet Chester Wheel Campbell, the king of contract killers in Detroit. Raised in a secret school of hitmen of just a dozen students, he learned the legal system, had high-profile connections, and survived 4 bullet shots (3 in the leg and 1 grazed his head)
b9mKj TIL that the R rated Machete series of movies is a Spy Kids spin off.
R7gpa TIL in 1981, a 27 year old James Cameron was working as a director on Pirhana II, when he was fired for failing to get a close-up of the lead actress. He then got food poisoning and during his illness had a nightmare about a robot sent from the future to kill him - the idea for The Terminator
P1mDJ TIL that the idea for the original Final Destination (2000) film came after its co-writer, Jeffrey Reddick, read a story about a mother of a passenger who had a premonition for her daughter's flight, convincing her to switch flights and avoid her initial plane, which ended up crashing.