Trivia / Repo Men

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $32 million. Box office, $18,409,891.
• The Cast Showoff: Forest Whitaker has been studying Filipino Kali for several years under masters such as Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo and he utilizes his skills in several fight scenes.
• Creator Killer: This was the first and only film by director Miguel Sapochnik, whose credits are now in TV.
• Saved from Development Hell: Both the book and the film suffered through it. The book was written in 1996 but wasn't published until 2008. Meanwhile, the manuscript had circulated in Hollywood and a film version was greenlighted. The film was made between 2007-2008 but spent two years on the shelf.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: The film was completed in 2008 and wasn't released until 2010.
• What Could Have Been: Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star, but dropped out.

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