* Nick Willing, the writer and director, had previously done a direct adaptation of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' in 1999, starring Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Christopher Lloyd, and Tina Majorino as Alice.
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/TimCurry has exactly [[OneSceneWonder ONE]] scene, yet was the name most often mentioned in commercials. Creator/KathyBates was billed alongside him, despite being the [[BigBad antagonist]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An [[http://pottsfanatic.tumblr.com/post/949595302/hatters-backstory-from-rhi-entertainment early scene]] filmed but that only partly made the final cut revealed that the connection between Hatter and Mad March, only vaguely hinted at in the series, was that [[spoiler: they were [[CainAndAbel brothers.]] ]]
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