Cool Spot (film)/Trivia

Trivia

 * The sixteenth 20th Century Fox animated film of 2010s to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Croods, Epic, Turbo, Rio 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Book of Life, Kung Fu Panda 3, Ice Age: Collision Course, Trolls, The Boss Baby, Ferdinand and Isle of Dogs.
 * This is the first animated film by Virgin Produced.
 * This is Pharrell Williams's second voice role after voicing himself in a episode of The Simpsons.
 * However, this is his first voice acting role that isn't voicing himself.
 * Pharrell Williams, who stars as Cool Spot, produced and wrote the film due to being a fan of the original 1993 video game, with the film being based on his vision.
 * This is one of the three animated films released in 2018 that James Corden is involved in, the other two being Peter Rabbit and Smallfoot
 * Snoop Dogg and André 3000 were both guest stars in TeenV and also collaborated on the song "Hollywood Divorce" in 2006.
 * Snoop Dogg and Pharrell also made various songs together as well.
 * This is the first animated role for Michael B. Jordan that isn't a direct-to-video production.
 * This is one of the two voice-over roles played by Lil' Yachty in 2018, the other being Green Lantern in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
 * It was originally slated to feature a custom IMAX Countdown for it's IMAX release, however, these plans were scrapped for unknown reasons.
 * When Cool Spot was originally in production during 1995, the producers wanted to cast late-rapper Tupac Shakur as Cool Spot. However, due to his murder in 1996, the film went into development hell.
 * Two of the cast members passed away since the film's release with them being Mac Miller (September 7, 2018) and DMX (April 9, 2021)
 * Some actors who auditioned for the role of Cool Spot included, Will Smith, Snoop Dogg (who later received the part of Bebe instead), Benjamin Flores Jr. who was rejected for the part due to sounding too young for the character, Kenan Thompson, C.J. Wallace, Ludacris, Drake, and Terry Crews before Pharrell eventually was cast.
 * Cool Spot’s ringtone for his phone is “Happy” by Pharrell Williams from Despicable Me 2, making this reference ironic since Pharrell voices Spot.
 * This is the first Fox animated film to feature mainly hip-hop/rap music.
 * 3 of the cast members in this film died since it's release with them being XXXTentacion, Mac Miller, and DMX.
 * The film was classified 12A by the British Board of Film Certification in the United Kingdom for "moderate violence, language, dangerous acts, and threat", making it the first computer-animated Fox Animation film to receive this rating. Ironically, the PG-13 cut of the film was rated 12A as well in the United Kingdom.
 * This is one of the few Fox Animation films to use profanity, which includes “damn”, “hell”, "pissed", and “crap”.
 * Additionally, the director's cut uses stronger language like "sh*t", "p*ssy", and one use of the word "f*ck".
 * Also, when FX aired the director's cut of the film on October 24, 2020, it was rated TV-14-DLSV while the regular version is rated TV-PG-DLV.
 * The eleventh animated film of 2010s to gross a billion dollars worldwide, after after Toy Story 3, Frozen, Paradoria, Minions, Zootopia, Finding Dory, Imagimals, Despicable Me 3, Incredibles 2, and Computeropolis: The Deep Web.
 * The third official trailer for the film was the third ever trailer for a Fox Animation film to receive a 12A rating by the BBFC in the United Kingdom. The film also received a 12A rating due to "violence, bad language, dangerous activity, and alcohol use."