Trivia / Norm of the North

• Acting for Two: Gabriel Iglesias as Stan and Pablo.
• All-Star Cast: The movie has a good mix of celebrities like Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Bill Nighy, and Loretta Devine, and plenty of acclaimed voice actors like Mikey Kelly, Candi Milo, Kate Higgins, Charlie Adler (who's also one of the movie's voice directors with Lisa Ortiz), and more.
• Billing Displacement: In the UK posters, James Corden and Bill Nighy are both given top billing with the lead actors, while Colm Meaney and Ken Jeong are not listed at all, despite being more prominent characters. Corden being billed third is particularly egregious as his character is only in two scenes and doesn't even have the same voice in the film's other English dubs.
• Box Office Bomb: Grossed only $9 million on its opening weekend against a $18 million budget. Its final gross was $17 million domestic and $27.4 million worldwide. Despite that, the film made enough money on video to make at least three sequels.
• Creator Killer: This is the first film Trevor Wall directed, and its absolutely icy reception has a strong chance of making it his only directing job outside of television.
• The Danza: Janet Varney voices Janet.
• Dueling Movies: With DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 3 (which has The Legend of Korra alumni J. K. Simmons in it; Norm of the North actually has the voice of Korra herself, Janet Varney, in a cameo role).
• Missing Trailer Scene: The line "I'm big boned!", despite being used in every main trailer, is never actually said in the film.
• The Other Darrin: The first sequel's credits confirms that the returning characters from the first film will be voiced by none other than actors from The Ocean Group. Maya Kay (Olympia) is the only returning cast member.
• Role Reprise: Maya Kay reprises her role as Olympia in the sequels. She's notably the only cast member to return in any capacity, as everyone else got replaced with actors from The Ocean Group.
• Same Language Dub: Michael McElhatton voices Lawrence in most English dubs of the film, but was dubbed over by the more well-known James Corden for the film's UK release.
• So My Kids Can Watch: Ken Jeong voiced in this film so that his twin daughters could watch an age-appropriate film starring him.
  Ken Jeong (in publicity release): I have twin daughters and most of the movies I do I can't show my kids yet. With Norm of the North, they'll finally be able to watch one of Daddy’s movies. That was kind of a big incentive for me to be part of this project.
• What Could Have Been:
  • This was originally intended to be a Direct-to-DVD feature.
  • Back when it was first announced, it was going to be made by Crest Animation Productions, the same studio as Alpha and Omega.
  • The first sequel was originally announced as two separate 45-minute films, titled Keys To The Kingdom and The Arctic All-Stars, respectively. The two were ultimately spliced into one film, simply titled Keys To The Kingdom, in order to make it feature length and secure a theatrical release in some territories.

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