History Trivia / Brightburn

** The Spanish release of the film is simply titled "El Hijo" ("The Son"), which is different enough, but the Latin American one goes further by being titled "Brightburn: El Hijo de la Oscuridad" ("Brightburn: The Son of Darkness"). This makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not an "Evil Superboy", or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which makes sense, when referring to his biological parents). Something along these lines happens in the Italian dub, being named “L’Angelo Del Male” ("The Angel Of Evil"), again making it sound like a demonic horror flick instead of a superhero deconstruction.
** The Vietnamese title of the film is "The Son of Darkness". Unfortunately, the film is pretty much banned in Vietnam. See BannedInChina above.

* BannedInChina: [[The film cannot be screened in Vietnam due to the [[AudienceAlienatingPremise its "little child (with superpower)]] [[ValuesDissonance killing several people" premise]].

** The Vietnamese title is "Son of Darkness".

** In Japan, it was named as ''Brightburn: Kyōfu no Kakusansha'' (Subtitle translated as "[[TheDreaded The Spreader of Terror]]").

** The Spanish release of the film is simply titled "El Hijo" ("The Son"), which is different enough, but the Latin American one goes further by being titled "Brightburn: El Hijo de la Oscuridad" ("Brightburn: The Son of Darkness"). This makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not an "Evil Superboy", or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint). Something along these lines happens in the Italian dub, being named “L’Angelo Del Male” ("The Angel Of Evil"), again making it sound like a demonic horror flick instead of a superhero deconstruction.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/TheNewMutants'', due to both being superhero horror films; ''The New Mutants'' was even at one point scheduled to come out the same year as ''Brightburn''.

** In Japan, it was named as ''Brightburn: Kyōfu no Kakusansha'' (Subtitle translated as "The Spreader of Terror").

* ProductionPosse: The film is produced by James Gunn, who has previously worked with Elizabeth Banks and Micheal Rooker.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Spanish release of the film is simply titled "El Hijo" ("The Son"), which is different enough, but the Latin American one goes further by being titled "Brightburn: El Hijo de la Oscuridad" ("Brightburn: The Son of Darkness"). This makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not an "Evil Superboy", or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint). Something along these lines happens in the Italian dub, being named “L’Angelo Del Male” ("The Angel Of Evil"), again making it sound like a demonic horror flick instead of a superhero deconstruction.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Spanish release of the film is titled "El Hijo" ("The Son"), which is different enough, but the Latin American one goes further by being titled "El Hijo De La Oscuridad" ("The Son Of Evil"), with "Brightburn" as a subtitle. This makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not "Evil Superboy" or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint). Something along these lines happens in the Italian dub, being named “L’Angelo Del Male” ("The Angel Of Evil"), again making it sound like a demonic horror flick instead of a superhero deconstruction.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Latin American release of the film is titled "El Hijo De La Oscuridad" ("The Son Of Evil"), with "Brightburn" as a subtitle. Which makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not "Evil Superboy" or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint). Something along these lines happens in the italian dub, being named “L’Angelo Del Male” (the Angel Of Evil), again making it sound like a demonic horror flick instead of a superhero deconstruction.

* YouLookFamiliar: [[spoiler: TheStinger and WordOfGod confirm that this film shares a universe with Super. But Creator/MichaelRooker also played one of the villain's henchmen in that film. Perhaps the pundit hates "superheroes" because one killed his twin brother?]]

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Latin American release of the film is titled "El Hijo De La Oscuridad" ("The Son Of Evil"), with "Brightburn" as a subtitle. Which makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not "Evil Superboy" or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was meant to be announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2018 -- the same weekend James Gunn was fired from ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3''. Creator/SonyPictures responded by cancelling the panel in favor of promoting ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' and ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' shortly afterwards, and the first trailer was instead released in December, five months later.
** [[http://collider.com/brightburn-ending-explained/ One alternate ending]] involved [[spoiler:Caitlyn getting a robotic replacement for her hand after Brandon crushed it, and looking extremely pissed off at him]], in what would've been a SequelHook for [[spoiler:Caitlyn becoming Brandon's ArchEnemy]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was meant to be announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2018 -- the same weekend James Gunn was fired from ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3''. Creator/SonyPictures responded by cancelling the panel in favor of promoting ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' and ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' shortly afterwards, and the first trailer was instead released in December, five months later.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Latin American release of the film is titled "El Hijo Del Mal" ("The Son Of Evil"), with "Brightburn" as a subtitle. Which makes it sound like Brandon is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheOmen Damien Thorne]] and not "Evil Superboy" or that his parents are even more to blame for his evil (which, if anything, is DramaticallyMissingThePoint).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was meant to be announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2018 -- the same weekend James Gunn was fired from ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3''. The panel was cancelled, and the first trailer was instead released in December, five months later.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was meant to be announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2018 -- the same weekend James Gunn was fired from ''Guardians of the Galaxy 3''. The panel was cancelled, and the first trailer was instead released in December, five months later.

* TroubledProduction: The film was meant to be announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2018 - the same weekend James Gunn was fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3. The panel was cancelled, and the first trailer was released that December, five months later.