History Trivia / Underwater

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie was filmed in 2017, then put on the shelves due to [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] acquisition of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]]. It was finally released on January 10th, 2020.

** There were plans to keep Norah wearing her glasses throughout the film, but they soon realised there was no feasible way to do so with the action that was going to follow.

** According to the original script, Cthulhu wasn't originally going to be the in the movie, and instead the crew would encounter a variety of nightmarish (albeit unrelated) deep-sea monsters including a twenty foot tall spider crab, a creature resembling a long-limbed skeletal human walking on all fours, a blob-like fish that looks like a BedsheetGhost, a giant bioluminescent shark, and a colossal creature with a number of smaller creatures attached to it. Elements from the giant monster and skeletal monster would later be repurposed into Cthulhu and its spawn.
* WordOfGod: The chief monster is not a Cthulhu {{Expy}}. It's Cthulhu itself. Stewart's character ''literally'' [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punched out Chtulhu]] ([[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at great cost]]).

* FaceYourFears: A bit of a real-life example in that Kristen Stewart is absolutely ''petrified'' of water, and had signed on under the impression that the diving scenes would be done via CGI (spoiler: they weren't). But despite being faced by her literal nightmare, Stewart pushed on and completed the shoot. No word on whether she's still afraid of the water (this film probably wouldn't have helped - or it might have, depending on you view it), but just getting the film done deserves kudos.

* FaceYourFears: A bit of a real-life example in that Kristen Stewart is absolutely ''petrified'' of water, and had signed on under the impression that the diving scenes would be done via CGI. (Spoiler: they weren't.) But despite being faced by her literal nightmare, Stewart pushed on and completed the shoot. No word on whether she's still afraid of the water (although this film probably wouldn't have helped), but just getting the film done deserves kudos.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After spending time on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment (see below), Disney/Fox finally scheduled the film for release in January 2020, a month already saturated with horror films (''Film/{{The Grudge|2020}}'', ''Film/TheTurning'', ''Film/{{Gretel and Hansel|2020}}''). January is a [[DumpMonths dump month]] notorious for bad horror films, which likely lowered critical and audience expectations for the film. Even worse, the film opened the same weekend as the wide release of major Oscar contender (and eventual nominee) ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'', which stole ''Underwater'''s thunder as a tense thriller. Finally, the film was left out of 20th Century Fox's splashy rebrand as Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, cementing the lack of studio respect. The film ultimately became a BoxOfficeBomb. (The poor treatment may have been due to the presence of Creator/TJMiller in the cast, who tanked his career with a series of [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor outrageous actions]] shortly after production and has not had a big-budget role since.)

* ActorInspiredElement: Kristen Stewart suggested Norah's [[RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle shaved head]], feeling she would keep it short for health and safety reasons.

** According to the original script, Cthulu wasn't originally going to be the in the movie, and instead the crew would encounter a variety of nightmarish (albeit unrelated) deep-sea monsters including a twenty foot tall spider crab, a creature resembling a long-limbed skeletal human walking on all fours, a blob-like fish that looks like a BedsheetGhost, a giant bioluminescent shark, and a colossal creature with a number of smaller creatures attached to it. Elements from the giant monster and skeletal monster would later be repurposed into Cthulu and its spawn.

** The monster was originally going to be called the Behemoth, and resembled a fish version of [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} the Pale Man]].

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After spending time on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment (see below), Disney/Fox finally scheduled the film for release in January 2020, a month already saturated with horror films (''Film/{{The Grudge|2020}}'', ''Film/TheTurning'', ''Film/GretelAndHansel''). January is a [[DumpMonths dump month]] notorious for bad horror films, which likely lowered critical and audience expectations for the film. Even worse, the film opened the same weekend as the wide release of major Oscar contender (and eventual nominee) ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'', which stole ''Underwater'''s thunder as a tense thriller. Finally, the film was left out of 20th Century Fox's splashy rebrand as Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, cementing the lack of studio respect. The film ultimately became a BoxOfficeBomb. (The poor treatment may have been due to the presence of Creator/TJMiller in the cast, who tanked his career with a series of [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor outrageous actions]] shortly after production and has not had a big-budget role since.)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After spending time on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment (see below), the film was finally scheduled for release in January 2020, a month already saturated with horror films (''Film/TheGrudge2020'', ''Film/TheTurning'', ''Film/GretelAndHansel''). January is a [[DumpMonths dump month]] notorious for bad horror films, which likely lowered critical and audience expectations for the film. Even worse, the film opened the same weekend as the wide release of major Oscar contender (and eventual nominee) ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'', which stole ''Underwater'''s thunder as a tense thriller. As a result, the film became a BoxOfficeBomb. (The poor treatment may have been due to the presence of Creator/TJMiller in the cast, who tanked his career with a series of [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor outrageous actions]] shortly after production and has not had a big-budget role since.)

* FaceYourFear: A bit of a real-life example in that Kristen Stewart is absolutely ''petrified'' of water, and had signed on under the impression that the diving scenes would be done via CGI. (Spoiler: they weren't.) But despite being faced by her literal nightmare, Stewart pushed on and completed the shoot. No word on whether she's still afraid of the water (although this film probably wouldn't have helped), but just getting the film done deserves kudos.

* WordOfGod: The chief monster is not a Cthulhu {{Expy}}. It's Cthulhu itself. Stewart's character ''literally'' [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punched out Chtulhu]] ([[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at great cost]]).

* CreatorBacklash: While Creator/KristenStewart thinks the film itself is fine, she has said in a couple interviews that she didn't really like the overall experience of making it. She has [[AuthorPhobia a genuine fear of being underwater]] which made underwater scenes problematic. [[note]]Kristen was under the impression they were going to CGI everything like in ''Film/{{Aquaman}}''.[[/note]] [[TroubledProduction Sets kept coming undone, and the underwater armor suits malfunctioned.]] She also injured her arm while inside one of the suits, and didn't really like having to spend a large portion of the film [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl running around in her underwear.]] [[note]]She was originally going to just be wearing a skin tight scuba suit.[[/note]]

* CreatorBacklash: While Creator/KristenStewart thinks the film itself is fine, she has said in a couple interviews that she didn't really like the overall experience of making it. She has [[AuthorPhobia a genuine fear of being underwater]] which made underwater scenes problematic. [[note]]Kristen was under the impression they were going to CGI everything like in ''Aquaman''.[[/note]] [[TroubledProduction Sets kept coming undone, and the underwater armor suits malfunctioned.]] She also injured her arm while inside one of the suits. She also didn't really like having to spend a large portion of the film [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl running around in her underwear.]] [[note]]She was originally going to just be wearing a skin tight scuba suit.[[/note]]

* CreatorBacklash: While Creator/KristenStewart thinks the film itself is fine, she has said in a couple interviews that she didn't really like the overall experience of making it. She has [[AuthorPhobia a genuine fear of being underwater]] which made underwater scenes problematic. [[note]]Kristen was under the impression they were going to CGI everything like in ''Aqua Man''.[[/note]] [[TroubledProduction Sets kept coming undone, and the underwater armor suits malfunctioned.]] She also injured her arm while inside one of the suits. She also didn't really like having to spend a large portion of the film [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl running around in her underwear.]] [[note]]She was originally going to just be wearing a skin tight scuba suit.[[/note]]

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie was filmed in 2017, then put on the shelves due to [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] acquisition of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]]. It was finally released on January 10th, 2020.

* CreatorBacklash: While Creator/KristenStewart thinks the film itself is fine, she has said in a couple interviews that she didn't really like the overall experience of making it. She has [[AuthorPhobia a genuine fear of being underwater]] which made underwater scenes problematic. [[note]]Kristen was under the impression they were going to CGI everything like in ''Aqua Man''.[[/note]] [[TroubledProduction Sets kept coming undone, and the underwater armor suits malfunctioned.]] She also injured her arm while inside one of the suits. She also didn't really like having to spend a large portion of the film [[RelectantFanserviceGirl running around in her underwear.]] [[note]]She was originally going to just be wearing a skin tight scuba suit.[[/note]]

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie was filmed in 2017, then put on the shelves due to [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] acquisition of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]]. It was finally released on January 10th, 2020.

* DevelopmentHell: The movie was filmed in 2017, then put on the shelves due to [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] acquisition of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]]. It was finally released on January 10th, 2020.