History Trivia / Eragon

** Ed Speleers was debuting in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated for Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality. But sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it given how the feature and role turned out. He ended up rebounding on television, with a critically acclaimed turn in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and later appearing in the likes of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' and the fourth season of ''Series/{{You|2018}}''.

* ''Eragon'' is the final Hollywood film to be released on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]].

** Ed Speleers was debuting in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated for Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality. But sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it given how the feature and role turned out. He ended up rebounding on television, with a critically acclaimed turn in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and later joining ''Series/{{Outlander}}''.

* DeletedScene: The standard edition of the book is approximately 15000 words shorter than the original self-published edition. Mostly it was scenes that involved traveling that were removed/shortened.

!! Eragon film:

* DisownedAdaptation: Christopher Paolini initially praised the film, specifically the performances of Jeremy Irons and Ed Speleers, but appears to have changed his tune over the years. Whenever this movie is mentioned on Reddit, he either follows the meme of denying its existence or gently expresses his sympathy toward his fans who were disappointed by it.

** Ed Speelers was debuting in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated to the Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality, but sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it given how the feature and role turned out. He ended up rebounding on television, with a critically acclaimed turn in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and later joining ''Series/{{Outlander}}''.

!! Eragon video game:

* DisownedAdaptation: Christopher Paolini initially praised the film, specifically the performances of Jeremy Irons and Ed Speleers, but appears to have changed his tune over the years. Whenever this movie is mentioned on Reddit, he either follows the meme of denying its existence or expresses gently his sympathy toward his fans who were disappointed by it.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Eragon's surprise when Brom comes up behind him when Eragon is looking through Brom's books for information about dragons.

** Ed Speelers was debuting in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated to the Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality, but sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it given how the feature and role turned out. He ended up rebounding on television, with a critically acclaimed turn in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and later joining ''{{Series/Outlander}}''.

* DisownedAdaptation: Whenever this movie is mentioned on Reddit, Christopher Paolini either follows the meme of denying its existence or expresses gently his sympathy toward his fans who were disappointed by it.

* FranchiseKiller: The film inexplicably altered so many plotlines and cut so much (even given it is based on a DoorStopper) that a sequel based on the plot of the second book would have been incredibly difficult to do even if the first had not been awful enough to cut any chances.
* StarDerailingRole: Ed Speelers was debuting in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated to the Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality, but sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it given how the feature and role turned out. He has acted in a handful more of films since, but nothing remotely similar to what was expected of him at the time. (He has got much more success in TV, though, counting on an awarded role in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.)

** Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/ElijahWood were considered for Eragon.

** Creator/EmilyBlunt was turned down for Arya.

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first movie that Creator/JeremyIrons has played in with [[Film/DungeonsAndDragons dragons]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: Betcha didn't know that [[Film/TronLegacy Sam Flynn]] was Murtagh until now.

* BreakawayPopHit: While the film failed both critically and financially (taking the careers of the director and lead actor with it) and was promptly forgotten about, the song "Keep Holding On" became yet another hit for Music/AvrilLavigne.

* DisownedAdaptation: Whenever this movie is mentioned on Reddit, Christopher Paolini either denies its existence or expresses his sympathy toward his fans who were disappointed by it.

* FranchiseKiller: The film inexplicably altered so many plotlines and cut so much (even given it is based on a DoorStopper), including ''the entire Dwarf race'', that a sequel based on the plot of the second book would have been incredibly difficult even if it wasn't an awful film.

* StarDerailingRole: Ed Speelers was ''debuting'' in this movie as a promising newcomer, to the point he was nominated to the Best Young Actor in the 2007 Saturn Awards regardless of the movie's quality, but sadly enough, his star film career both started and ended with it. He has acted in a handful more of films since, but nothing remotely similar to what was expected of him at the time. (He has got much more success in TV, counting on an awarded role in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.)

* BreakawayPopHit: "Keep Holding On" by Music/AvrilLavigne.

* DisownedAdaptation: Whenever this movie mention up on Reddit, Christopher Paolini either denies its existence or expresses his sympathy toward his fans who were disappointed by it.

* FranchiseKiller: The film inexplicably altered so many plotlines and cut so much (even given it is based on a DoorStopper), including ''the entire Dwarf race'', that a sequel based on the plot of the second book would have been impossible even if it wasn't an awful film.

** Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/PatrickStewart were offered the role of Brom, but turned it down because of their commitment to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.

* BreakawayPopHit: "Keep Holding On" by Music/AvrilLavigne.

* ''Eragon'' is the final Hollywood film to be released on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS magnetic tape]].

* ''Eragon'' is the final Hollywood film to be released on [[UsefulNotes/VCR VHS magnetic tape]].

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the only time Creator/JeremyIrons played [[Disney/TheLionKing a character]] who killed one of the main character's fathers. However, given what [[AbusiveParents that father was like]], not to mention what he did to his dragon, Brom pretty much had a very good reason for doing so. He's also seems to be looking to bring about the death of the king, again.

* StillbornFranchise: The movie was a critical failure and a financial disappointment. It also made it '''impossible''' to create a film of the second book due to discontinuity created by the first film, not to mention the number of ignored characters that would need to be introduced.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The non-existing secret sword, which has somehow attained this status.