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** Ben Foster's brother Jon has a small role as a nameless passenger who wakes up to a nightmare.
* StillbornFranchise: Filmmakers hoped to make a trilogy, but the low box office numbers put a halt to that.

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** Ben Foster's brother Jon has a small role as a the nameless passenger who wakes up to a nightmare.
and is promptly swarmed and eaten by the Hunters.
* StillbornFranchise: Filmmakers The filmmakers hoped to make a trilogy, but the low box office numbers put a halt to that.



** Pandorum was originally the name of the ship, but it was renamed Elysium when the ship changed to a settlers' vessel. Pandorum then became the name of the mental illness caused by deep space travel.

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** Pandorum was originally the name of the ship, but it was renamed Elysium ''Elysium'' when the ship was changed to a settlers' colony vessel. Pandorum then became the name of the mental illness caused by deep space travel.

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* MethodActing: Ben Foster ate real insects, opting for a better natural reaction that CGI ones.

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* MethodActing: Ben Foster ate real insects, opting for a better natural reaction that than CGI ones.



* PlayingAgainstType: Ben Foster usually plays violent psychopaths. Here he's the heroic leading man, who's considerably more nervous and panicked than Foster's characters usually are.
** Conversely, Creator/DennisQuaid typically plays the hero of the story, while here he starts that way before slowly revealing his true colors.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Ben Foster usually plays violent psychopaths. Here he's the heroic leading man, who's considerably more nervous and panicked than Foster's his characters usually are.
** Conversely, * PlayingWithCharacterType: [[spoiler: Creator/DennisQuaid typically plays the hero of the story, while here he starts that way before slowly revealing his true colors.]]


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** Director's commentary has hinted that there could be an unrated cut of the movie, but none has ever been released.

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* TheCastShowOff: UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts champion Cung Le shows some of his trademark spinning kicks while playing Manh.



* StillbornFranchise: Filmmakers hoped to make a trilogy, but the low Box Office numbers put a halt to that.

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* StillbornFranchise: Filmmakers hoped to make a trilogy, but the low Box Office box office numbers put a halt to that. that.



** The film was originally just planned as a low budget Direct to Video affair - shot in an abandoned mill with unknown actors. Impact Pictures were impressed with the script however and produced it. Writer Travis Molloy had never thought it would get picked up - due to the dark tone of the story.
** The original treatment had the Elysium as a prison ship. Bower would be a guard and Nadia and Mahn inmates. The director had written a similar script called 'No Where' - about astronauts aboard a settlers' ship. They combined the two screenplays together to create the film. A space prison film would later surface in ''{{Film/Lockout}}''.
** Pandorum was originally the name of the ship but when the ship changed to a settlers' vessel, it was renamed Elysium. Pandorum then became the name of the mental illness caused by deep space travel.

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** The film was originally just planned as a low budget Direct to Video direct-to-video affair - shot in an abandoned mill with unknown actors. actors, but Impact Pictures were so impressed with the script however and produced that they chose to produce it. Writer Travis Molloy had never thought it would get picked up - due to the dark tone of the story.
** The original treatment had the Elysium as a prison ship. ship, where Bower would be a guard and Nadia and Mahn inmates. The However, the director had written a similar script called 'No Where' - ''No Where'' about astronauts aboard a settlers' ship. They combined ship, and they decided to combine the two screenplays together to create the film. A space prison film would later surface in ''{{Film/Lockout}}''.
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** Pandorum was originally the name of the ship ship, but it was renamed Elysium when the ship changed to a settlers' vessel, it was renamed Elysium.vessel. Pandorum then became the name of the mental illness caused by deep space travel.
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** Conversely, Creator/DennisQuaid typically plays the hero of the story, while here he starts that way before slowly revealing his true colors.
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** A brief appearance by Creator/NormanReedus as an ill-fated survivor.
** And yes, Gallo is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} James]].
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* ActingForTwo: Andre Hennicke plays both the lead hunter and Gallo's commanding officer in the opening scene.


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* MethodActing: Ben Foster ate real insects, opting for a better natural reaction that CGI ones.
* NotScreenedForCritics: Thought to be one of the reasons the film didn't do well.
* PlayingAgainstType: Ben Foster usually plays violent psychopaths. Here he's the heroic leading man, who's considerably more nervous and panicked than Foster's characters usually are.
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** The child hunter is played by the director's daughter.
** Ben Foster's brother Jon has a small role as a nameless passenger who wakes up to a nightmare.
* StillbornFranchise: Filmmakers hoped to make a trilogy, but the low Box Office numbers put a halt to that.
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** The film was originally just planned as a low budget Direct to Video affair - shot in an abandoned mill with unknown actors. Impact Pictures were impressed with the script however and produced it. Writer Travis Molloy had never thought it would get picked up - due to the dark tone of the story.
** The original treatment had the Elysium as a prison ship. Bower would be a guard and Nadia and Mahn inmates. The director had written a similar script called 'No Where' - about astronauts aboard a settlers' ship. They combined the two screenplays together to create the film. A space prison film would later surface in ''{{Film/Lockout}}''.
** Pandorum was originally the name of the ship but when the ship changed to a settlers' vessel, it was renamed Elysium. Pandorum then became the name of the mental illness caused by deep space travel.
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** A brief appearance by [[{{Blade}} Norman]] [[TheBoondockSaints Reedus]] as an ill-fated survivor.

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** A brief appearance by [[{{Blade}} Norman]] [[TheBoondockSaints Reedus]] Creator/NormanReedus as an ill-fated survivor.
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* HeyItsThatGuy
** A brief appearance by [[{{Blade}} Norman]] [[TheBoondockSaints Reedus]] as an ill-fated survivor.
** And yes, Gallo is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} James]].
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