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5 Facts about Chris Columbus 2015 film Pixels starring Adam Sandler



PIXELS (2015)​
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Directed by Chris Columbus.
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​A mysterious alien race declares war on the Earth and takes the form of copmuter game characters for combat. Only a team of arcade enthusiasts can save us. ​  
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​Below you will find 5 interesting bits of data about Pixels.​
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​5. It is based on a 2010 French short film with the same name by director Patrick Jean, which won Best Short Film at the 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

4. The effects in the film were produced by 11 VFX companies, although the majority were handled by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Digital Domain.

3. Making $26 million in its opening weekend outside of the United States, it is already Adam Sandler’s most lucrative project beyond the American market.

2. Irish actress Fiona Shaw plays the British Prime Minister. This is her second role in a computer game-based film, her first being Lena in Super Mario Bros (1993).
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1. Although there is a fictional version of the Pac-Man creator in the film played by Denis Akiyama, the real inventor, Toru Iwatani, makes a cameo in the movie as an arcade repairman. 
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