Diving deep into the Dreamworks fairy tale adventure that follows an ogre, a donkey, and a princess named Fiona.

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Shrek Franchise

Tales from behind the scenes of Shrek&nbsp;reveal a lot&nbsp;about the animated hit. Though the movie seemingly appeared of nowhere in 2001, the filmmakers worked tirelessly to&nbsp;make&nbsp;Shrek&nbsp;happen. Borrowing liberally from other studios and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/things-you-didnt-know-about-the-princess-bride/jordan-breeding">meta-fantasies like&nbsp;The Princess Bride</a>, the ogre-led,&nbsp;fractured fairy tale earned more than $480 million and spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/shrek-superfan-festival/donn-saylor">The superfans at Shrekfest</a>&nbsp;already know all the&nbsp;Shrek&nbsp;facts behind this Mike Myers-voiced classic, but there are plenty of production stories demonstrating how "happily ever after" was never a guarantee. From battles with Disney to Lord Farquaad's bedroom, the details of the drama surrounding the making of&nbsp;DreamWorks' millennial masterpiece are&nbsp;even better than the movie.

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Lists about the acclaimed and controversial director of The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and so many more of the greatest movies of all time.

The World of Stanley Kubrick

The Shining (1980)

All kinds of horrific events occur in <a href="https://historydaily.org/wait-where-was-the-shining-filmed" target="_blank">Stanley Kubrick&#39;s </a><a href="https://historydaily.org/wait-where-was-the-shining-filmed" target="_blank">The Shining</a>,&nbsp;but the madness didn&#39;t end when the cameras stopped rolling.&nbsp;In fact, the horrors that took place behind the scenes may have helped to make the on-screen insanity feel more palpable for viewers.&nbsp;

Adapting Stephen King&#39;s story <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shelley-duvall-the-shining-behind-the-scenes-stories/oliver-pretl-drummond" target="_blank">took a toll</a> on all involved, and there are plenty of stories about making&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-facts-about-the-shining/anncasano" target="_blank">The Shining</a>&nbsp;that sound absolutely excruciating.&nbsp;Combine a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/crazy-stories-about-stanley-kubrick/anncasano" target="_blank">notoriously obsessive director</a>, a major star tackling&nbsp;a challenging role, and some complex visual imagery, and you&#39;re in for a remarkably taxing year of filming.&nbsp;Kubrick, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-characters-in-the-shining-movie/ranker-entertainment" target="_blank">rest of the cast</a> and crew survived a real-life&nbsp;nightmare&nbsp;to&nbsp;deliver&nbsp;one of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-horror-films-ever-made" target="_blank">best horror movies</a> ever made.

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Fun facts and wild true stories from behind the scenes of some of history's most beloved and infamous movies.

Movies in the Making

M. Night Shyamalan

In the months leading up to&nbsp;The Sixth Sense&#39;s release in August 1999, there was little buzz around the film and&nbsp;no expectations that it would become a hit. Disney had so little faith in it that, even though one of their executives paid millions for the script, the studio ended up offloading&nbsp;the production rights to an independent film company. M. Night Shyamalan was relatively unknown at the time, and the film starred&nbsp;a&nbsp;child actor&nbsp;alongside Bruce Willis, who was known for making big-budget action movies, not moderately budgeted psychological thrillers. Some publications left The Sixth Sense off their list of releases for fall 1999. Even Shyamalan was hedging his bets about its success - he hoped it would make enough money to give him a chance to direct&nbsp;another film.

But behind the scenes of The Sixth Sense,&nbsp;the cast and crew knew what they were making&nbsp;was something special, with a final plot twist that would shock audiences and critics alike. Their belief in the underdog project was validated when&nbsp;the film grossed a whopping $26.6 million in its opening weekend and&nbsp;spent a total of&nbsp;five weeks&nbsp;as the No. 1 film at the US&nbsp;box office. To date, the movie has grossed <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0167404/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank">close to $700 million</a> worldwide. It also received six Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/academy-award-for-best-supporting-actor-winners/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Best Supporting Actor</a> (<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/haley-joel-osment-facts/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">Haley Joel Osment</a>), Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

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The <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-with-twist-endings/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">biggest plot twists</a> in movies were not always so venerated during their creation, as we&#39;ll discover today.&nbsp;Oftentimes, someone behind the scenes pushed against the big movie surprises. In one instance, a reveal was so major that almost everyone involved in the making of the movie was given a fake twist to preserve the secrecy until the moment of the movie&#39;s release!&nbsp;

For this anecdote and many, many more behind-the-scenes tales that went into your favorite cinematic plot twists, read (and vote) on.

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Joker (2019)

Todd Phillips’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/joker-easter-eggs-references/jordan-breeding">Joker</a> is a psychological character study of a tormented, mentally ill, alienated Arthur Fleck who transforms into a vicious, sociopathic murderer. It’s hardly the lighthearted <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/favorite-comic-book-movies?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book movie</a> fare that superhero genre fans are accustomed to. It also had some <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-drama-tv-shows/lisa-waugh?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">behind the scenes drama</a> between Robert De Niro &amp; Joaquin Phoenix.Phillips’s&nbsp;2019 drama became the first R-rated film to ever gross $1 billion at the global box office. It also earned 11 Academy Award nominations. It even led to an unexpected sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Learn all about the extraordinary journey of Joaquin Phoenix’s methodical transformation that resulted in his first Academy Award for best actor.Vote up the juciest behind-the-scenes details behind the supervillain origin story.

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I Coulda Been a Contestant

Shark Tank (ABC)

Shark Tank is reality television at its finest. It's&nbsp;engrossing, entertaining, at times uplifting, sometimes&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shark-tank-meltdowns/jacobybancroft" target="_blank">uncomfortable</a>, and always <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-actually-watchable-reality-tv-shows" target="_blank">real</a>. But what happens after you make a deal on Shark Tank? Is Shark Tank behind the scenes anything like what we see when the show airs? Is Shark Tank really real? The answers might surprise you.Over the course of nine seasons, hundreds of deals have closed and millions of dollars have been invested. The show's biggest success story is the Scrub Daddy -&nbsp;a sponge, emblazoned with a smiley face, that softens in warm water and gets firm in cold water. Shark Lori Greiner paid $200,000 for 20% equity and then sales for the product&nbsp;went&nbsp;<a href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082415/10-most-successful-products-shark-tank.asp">through the roof</a>. Scrub Daddy's founders had $100,000 in sales before Shark Tank. After Shark Tank they earned&nbsp;over $50 million.Find out what it's like to be on Shark Tank&nbsp;and take a swim through these interesting facts about the show.

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Fun facts and trivia from behind the scenes of bygone shows you never, ever missed.

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90s TV

When&nbsp;Beverly Hills 90210&nbsp;premiered in 1990, no one could have known how popular the show - or its stars - would become. For 10 seasons,&nbsp;Beverly Hills 90210&nbsp;brought drama to the small screen weekly while plenty of it played out behind the scenes as well.&nbsp;

Bad behavior, romances, rabid fans - these all contributed to tensions among the cast members while simultaneously building perpetual bonds and long-lasting friendships. During the 1990s,&nbsp;90210&nbsp;was THE show about growing up and finding your path. Here are a few details about the not-so-visible dips and bumps that sprung up in&nbsp;90210&nbsp;along the way.

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Acting with the Stars

Sean Connery

When Sean Connery passed in October 2020, tributes poured in from the <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/tributes-sean-connery-trailblazer-true-legend-1234607064/" target="_blank">biggest players in the entertainment industry.</a> It shouldn&#39;t be surprising that Connery, a veteran of seven&nbsp;decades of acting, comprising roles in The Man Who Would Be King, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, The Rock, and the original James Bond films, elicited noteworthy responses. But what might be surprising is the diversity of responses. The handsome, hyper-masculine, serious performer was that and much more behind the scenes, as so many of his directors, writers, producers, and co-stars have pointed out.

Take a look at how everyone from Nicolas Cage to George Lucas to Roger Moore described Sir Sean regarding these&nbsp;intimate Sean Connery stories.

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Film Trivia

What happens when a wannabe first-time director writes an almost perfect screenplay? Look no further than&nbsp;The Shawshank Redemption, the making of which was a laborious process filled with 18-hour days and&nbsp;six-day weeks. Take a look at what really happened <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-movies-behind-the-scenes-problems/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">behind the scenes of the movie</a> that sits atop the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/" target="_blank">No. 1 spot on IMDb&#39;s list</a> of the Top 250 Movies.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-the-shawshank-redemption-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">The Shawshank Redemption</a> is one of those movies that makes people not just cry but full-on weep. It&#39;s a prison movie&nbsp;but also a tale of enduring male friendship. It&#39;s a story of hope and about never giving up. That same mentality was needed for Frank Darabont to bring what Tim Robbins called &quot;the best script he&#39;s ever read&quot;&nbsp;to the big screen.

Hollywood insiders knew&nbsp;Darabont&#39;s adaptation of Stephen King&#39;s novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption&nbsp;was pure gold. What they didn&#39;t know was that Darabont would refuse to let someone else direct it -&nbsp;or&nbsp;that the still-green director would ask for so many repeated takes&nbsp;that it would cause a major rift with one of his veteran actors.

The Shawshank Redemption was supposed to be a Hollywood hit. But no one showed up on opening night. Find out why a movie that was nominated for seven Academy Awards failed to initially find an audience, and how the movie ultimately turned a nice profit. Which two A-List actors almost appeared in the movie? What did Stephen King really think of Darabont&#39;s script?&nbsp;

Discover all those The Shawshank Redemption behind-the-scenes facts and more.

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On Set with Famous Actors

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves has starred in so many great films that if 100 people were to rank Keanu Reeves's best movies, there would be 100 totally different lists. The actor is as beloved as he is versatile, starring in everything from sci-fi to action to straight comedy. He's a legend on and off the screen, so the making of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/keanu-reeves-movies-and-films-and-filmography/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Keanu Reeves movies</a> always come with plenty of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-greatest-_true_-keanu-reeves-stories-ever-told/joanne?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Keanu Reeves stories</a> from the cast and crew.&nbsp;Whether <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/heartwarming-keanu-reeves-stories/anncasano">he's passing out money</a> or performing death-defying stunts, there's always something to say about Reeves. From the smallest task to the way he views life and his career, Reeves seems to do everything a little differently. He's one of the last remaining true superstars in the sense that he's just not someone you want to look away from. And as these stories prove, if you keep your eyes on Reeves, you're going to be rewarded with something interesting.&nbsp;

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Lists ranking the best songs and albums by the band known for operatic rock, stadium anthems, and Freddie Mercury.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody, the 2018 movie about Queen and beloved singer Freddie Mercury, took the top spot at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bohemianrhapsody.htm">box office</a> when it opened. However, few realize&nbsp;it was&nbsp;eight years in the making. The story behind the making of&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody includes&nbsp;plenty of controversy and arguments. Many different scripts, directors, and actors joined the movie and were then replaced or fired. And it transformed from a gritty R-rated tale to a family-friendly epic and then halfway back again.&nbsp;While the original song <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-recording-bohemian-rhapsody/melissa-sartore">is an undisputed classic</a> with a&nbsp;fascinating history of its own<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-recording-bohemian-rhapsody/melissa-sartore">,</a> this collection of&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;stories tells the tale of the troubled and chaotic production that brought <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-queen-songs/voteable">Queen</a>'s journey&nbsp;to movie theaters worldwide.&nbsp;

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The Price Is Right

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-price-is-right-moments/jacob-shelton">The Price Is Right</a> stands as&nbsp;the longest-running game show in US history, so it has become a regular a part of countless people's lives. But like any good American institution, the show saw its fair share of behind-the-scenes secrets and stories the public knows virtually nothing about.Since 1956, The Price Is Right began has gone through a variety of hosts and changes. Originally hosted by Bill Cullen, it was so popular that&nbsp;creators started&nbsp;a weekly nighttime version. After its cancellation, the show returned to the airwaves in 1972, this time with the legendary Bob Barker hosting. This second incarnation is the version everyone knows and loves today now hosted by Drew Carey. Since its debut, The Price Is Right has given away more than a quarter of a billion dollars in cash and prizes but what really happens if you win?Come on down, and let's look at some of the behind-the-scenes details from The Price Is Right.

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Step by Step

In a&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;area lab in 1991, sitcom executives put <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-brady-bunch-stories/mariel-loveland">The Brady Bunch</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-full-house-behind-the-scenes-stories/crystal-brackett">Full House</a> into a petri dish, and Step by Step was born. It ran for&nbsp;seven years, and although it&nbsp;won’t be revived&nbsp;on Netflix anytime soon,&nbsp;it was certainly charming. Fans loved the wacky tale of a widow and divorcee who met on vacation and got married without telling their kids. The&nbsp;plot paved way for seasons of the charming misunderstandings and shenanigans that ensue when two families&nbsp;are blended.The show emphasized love between the&nbsp;Foster&nbsp;and Lambert&nbsp;families, but behind the shiny facade of '90s TV, things were a little darker. From abuse convictions to money troubles, the cast faced their fair share of grim issues.

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Revisiting Childhood Favorites

Lists exploring the beloved 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz.

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Since the release of The Wizard of Oz in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-of-1939/ranker-film">1939</a>, audiences&nbsp;have been entertained&nbsp;by the film and the bizarre behind-the-scenes circumstances surrounding&nbsp;its production. Once CBS's annual broadcast of The&nbsp;Wizard of Oz began in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2016/11/03/wizard-oz-made-its-tv-bow-60-years-ago-today/93239636/">1956</a>, an entire generation of Americans looked forward to this yearly event.Its characters and the actors who portrayed them achieved global success that defined their careers. Over time, the fascination with the film has only increased. Everyone has heard wild rumors about the movie, especially the one that purports you can see the body of someone who <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicide.asp">hung themselves</a> on the set (you cannot, and no one took their life during production). But despite all the sensationalist stories, many true, little-known&nbsp;facts about The&nbsp;Wizard of Oz still exist. Read to find out why making The Wizard of Oz was a difficult task.

Dark 'Wizard of Oz' Stories That Prove It Was A Nightmare Behind The Scenes

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Jeopardy!

Ever wonder what being on Jeopardy! is like? Of course you do;&nbsp;it’s America’s favorite quiz show for a reason! <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/carl-reiner-mel-brooks-i-want-sandwiches-i-want-chicken">Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner </a>watch it together every day, for Pete’s sake. How adorable is that? Or should we say, “What is how adorable is that?”Being on Jeopardy! means that you’re the best of the best. The smartest of the smartest. The master of answers-in-the-form-of-a-question. Sadly, we can’t all make the cut. The truth of the matter is, most of us will never know what being a Jeopardy! contestant is like. But hey, that doesn't&nbsp;mean we can’t live vicariously through people who do!How do you get on Jeopardy!? What secrets happen behind the scenes? Is <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/alex-trebek-jerk-videos/ashley-reign">Alex Trebek</a> dreamy in person? These are the questions that need answering. Sure, what it's&nbsp;like to be on Jeopardy! may vary from contestant to contestant, but here’s the gist!

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Outlander (Starz)

If you think that Game of Thrones is the only show filled with sex, war, and political positioning, you haven&rsquo;t seen Outlander yet. In 2014, Diana Gabaldon&rsquo;s bestselling series <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-outlander-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">came to life</a> in the hands of executive producer Ronald D. Moore. Fans have been learning Gaelic and clutching their plaid ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Sure, Sam Heughan isn&rsquo;t the spitting image of the Jamie Fraser of the books, but no one on Earth can be that Jamie. No one&rsquo;s complaining about Heughan&rsquo;s looks or skill as an actor, BTW. On the contrary, Heughan and co-star Caitriona Balfe and Tobias Menzies are winning Outlander fans over with their vivid depictions of Jamie, Claire, and Frank/Blackjack.&nbsp;&nbsp;

We&rsquo;ve gathered some fun facts about Outlander that you may or may not know. This list is both for devoted Outlander fans and curious TV watchers wondering if they should watch the series. Dinna fash. There&rsquo;s something for everyone. If you like what you read, be sure to check out other <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-outlander/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Outlander</a>&nbsp;as well.

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