History Trivia / DemonKnight

* ThrowItIn: Billy Zane came up with the gag of The Collector opening his mouth to reveal a sponge

*** On that same note, Creator/ValKilmer was considered to play Brayker.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, two years before the show started, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to [[Film/{{Childs Play}} Child's Play]]. Holland was hoping make the film with [[Film/FrightNight1985 Chris Sarandon]] as The Collector and Creator/TommyLeeJones as Brayker. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Film/FatalBeauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.
** Next the script ended up in the hands of Mark Carducci, screenwriter for Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}, who sat on it for years until he gave it to Mary Lambert, the director of the film version of Literature/{{Pet Sematary}}. She planned on directing it after finishing the second ''Pet Sematary'' film, but when that bombed the script was shelved again due to lack of interest from investors.

** After that, the script went to Creator/{{Full Moon Features}}, but budgetary constraints held up the production.
** When it finally made it's way to Joel Silver, it was optioned to be the second film in a proposed ''Tales From The Crypt'' film trilogy, but Universal Studios thought it should go first because it was "the most Tales-like" feature out of the three.

** Creator/WillemDafoe was considered for The Collector. If you thought Billy Zane was hammy, just imagine the amount of HamAndCheese Dafoe would have brought to the table.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, two years before the show started, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to [[Film/{{Childs Play}} Child's Play]]. Holland was hoping make the film with [[Film/FrightNight1985 Chris Sarandon]] as The Collector and Creator/TommyLeeJones as Brayker. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

** Before settling on Zane and Sadler for the leads, director Ernest Dickerson considered Creator/ValKilmer for Brayker and Creator/WillemDafoe as The Collector.

** Before settling on Zane and Sadler for the leads, director Ernest Dickerson considered Creator/ValKilmer for Brayker and Creator/WillamDafoe as The Collector.

*** In the non-demon script, the Collector was a demonic Bible salesman (a nod to his original name in the version Holland would have made) who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses as his minions. A [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Similarly Named Work]] that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

*** In the non-demon script, the Collector was a Bible salesman (a nod to his original name in the version Holland would have made) who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions. A [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Similarly Named Work]] that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, two years before the show started, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to [[Film/{{Childs Play}} Child's Play]]. Holland was hoping make the film with Chris Sarandon (Film/FrightNight1985) as The Collector and Creator/TommyLeeJones as Brayker. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to [[Film/{{Childs Play}} Child's Play]]. Holland was hoping make the film Chris Sarandon (Film/FrightNight1985) as The Collector and Creator/TommyLeeJones as Brayker. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to [[Film/{{Childs Play}} Child's Play]]. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

*** In the non-demon script, the Collector was a Bible salesman who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions. A [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Similarly Named Work]] that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

** When it finally made it's way to Joel Silver, it was optioned to be the second film in a proposed trilogy, but Universal Studios thought it should go first because it was "the most Tales-like" feature out of the three.

** Two versions of the script were then made in case budgetary issues reared their head. One with demons and one ''without''. In non-demon script, the Collector was a Bible salesman who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions. A [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Similarly Named Work]] that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

** Two versions of the script were then made in case budgetary issues reared their head. One with demons and one ''without''. In non-demon script, the Collector was a Bible salesman who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions. A [[SimilarlyNamedWork Similarly Named Work]] that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

** Two versions of the script were then made in case budgetary issues reared their head. One with demons and one ''without''. In non-demon script, the Collector was a Bible salesman who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions. A SimilarlyTitledWork that also had demons that looked like killer yuppies made the production nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money for creature effects.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to Film/{{Childs Play}}. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to Film/{{Child's Play}}. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.

** The original draft for the film was written back in 1987, and was intended to be Tom Holland's follow up to Film/{{Childs Play}}. He ultimately went on to direct the bomb ''Fatal Beauty'', but not before he hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches for this version.