Bright - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Bright or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Bright

[darrell]

In the strip club, a woman is seen blinking a nictitating membrane - a third eyelid seen in some reptiles, sharks, and birds. Will Smith's character in Men in Black (1997), an NYPD cop, sees the same blinking happen on an alien he's pursuing (and the catalyst for K recruiting him).

[chad]

The following graffiti can be found on the city's walls, at the beginning of the movie: "Only a Bright can control the power of the wand. (The Great Prophecy 7:15)" (Not a graffiti.), "In the beginning, God created all races equal. (But Elves are more equal.)," "Orcs fight for you... Who fights for us?," "In Magic We Trust. (Die)," "Be Yourself," "Jirak Lives" and "They hold you up to keep us down."

[tamara]

This movie was on the 2018 Academy shortlist for possible nominations in the "Makeup and Hairstyling" category.

[gabriel]

In this movie, the song "Hammer Smashed Face" is used as an orkish love song. The Death Metal band Cannibal Corpse is seen playing that song in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).

[bessie]

The scene where Dorghu orders his son Mikey to execute Jakoby, Mikey can't bring himself to do so, because he is the young orc that Jakoby let get away in the begining of the film; almost mirroring the bathroom scene in David Ayers Training Day where Ethan Hawkes character is spared for helping out a young girl earlier on.

[ruby]

The scene where Jakoby grabs a large gun, leaving Ward with a small gun, and Ward protests and grabs the larger gun instead, echos Will Smith's character in Men in Black, when Agent K gives Agent J the tiny Noisy Cricket gun, to his dismay.

[steve]

Will Smith's character mentions "Shrek" in this movie. In I Am Legend (2007), Smith's character in that film quotes a scene from the Shrek (2001).

[bernice]

Max Landis personally shut down all the false plot spoilers surfacing on the Internet, only giving away that the film would star a human and an orc as partners in a modern fantasy setting.

[liam]

This was the first Netflix Original movie to have a sequel. The deal for the second movie was signed before the first film was released.

[bernice]

Given a budget of $90,000,000, this film was the most expensive Netflix movie investment to date.

[kristina]

This was the second collaboration between Will Smith, Ike Barinholtz, Jay Hernandez and director David Ayer, after Suicide Squad (2016).

[albert]

The orkish "love song" that Jakoby refers to is actually "Hammer Smashed Face" by Cannibal Corpse.

[leo]

The tattoo on Poison's forehead says "Only God can judge me" in Spanish.

[bernice]

Fogteeth is the name for an Orc clan. At the end of the movie credits, it reads copyright 2017 Fogteeth Productions.

[beth]

When the film was auctioned for acquisition, there were bids that included one from PalmStar Media and a joint offer from Warner Bros. and its financier, MGM. Netflix emerged as the highest bidder.

[kim]

Max Landis compared the movie to director David Ayer's End of Watch (2012).

[stephanie]

This film carries a very similar premise to the movie "Alien Nation" (1988).

[morris]

The plot and story to Bright were first revealed during a live recording of Kumail Nanjiani's video game podcast "The Indoor Kids" while promoting American Ultra (2015).

[mathew]

The movie has undeniable similarities with the table top role playing game Shadowrun. Shadowrun is mentioned in the short video posted by Netflix on twitter in which the sequel is announced.