Jacobson says ILP had almost no character animation experience prior to Kon-Tiki, but launched into an 'epic' research project by reviewing shark footage from television series such as Planet Earth. The ultimate result, which saw much of the shark action actually out of the water was so successful that ILP was asked to create digital sharks for more projects, including commercials and other feature films such as Jaume Collet-Serra's The Shallows, in which a great white terrorizes an injured surfer stuck on a rocky outcrop.
Ad Astra - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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This is the second major science fiction film to feature the planet Neptune prominently, after 1997's Event Horizon.
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Brad Pitt's character Roy McBride shares his name with a real world wolf trapper, hired to capture the last remaining Mexican wolves in Durango, Mexico in 1980.
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A "Vegas Vic" neon cowboy sign can be seen on the edge of the moonbase.
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In traveling from Mars to Neptune, the planets Jupiter and Saturn are mentioned, but no one ever mentions Uranus. However, since the planets are rarely lined up with respect to the Sun, they would not necessarily pass it, in particular, if these planets were on opposite sides of the Sun. Moreover, without preparation or a coincidence, it would be fairly unusual to pass Jupiter and Saturn on the way to Neptune.
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