History Trivia / SeltzerAndFriedberg

** The duo were the first choice to write and direct ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'', but turned in a script that barely parodied horror films at all, and instead mostly spoofed ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''. In the duo's defense, their script was written in 2001, which was an '''awful''' year for the horror genre -- there were no real high-profile horror releases at all that year, outside of ''Film/TheOthers2001'' and ''Film/JeepersCreepers'', and maybe ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' and ''Film/DonnieDarko'' if you're being generous -- but the studio quickly realized that they were more interested in just getting cheap laughs from whatever happened to be popular rather than sticking to what they were actually meant to be spoofing, resulting in them being canned and replaced by David Zucker, who himself is a veteran in the parody genre, having co-written and directed ''Film/{{Airplane!}}, ''Film/TopSecret'', and ''Film/TheNakedGun'' trilogy, as director.

* GenreKiller: The works of Seltzer and Friedberg (starting with ''Film/DateMovie'' in 2006) have been blamed for killing parody movies. While they were able to make a profit for many of their parodies despite low critic and audience ratings, mostly thanks to using a low production budget and being among the only game in town when it came to parodies, the deathblow to the genre came in the form of the lackluster reception of ''Film/{{Disaster Movie|2008}}'', leading to audiences having become fed up with the usual formula and finding better parody material from independent creators online. Though their next movie, ''Film/VampiresSuck'', was seen as a slightly better movie than most of their other work, mostly because they actually decided to watch the movies they were making fun of for once, the damage to the genre was already done. Even [[DamnedByFaintPraise slightly better ones]] like ''Film/SuperheroMovie'' (probably not helped by being named in the same "<name of genre> Movie" style used by S&F) have been lumped in with their disasters. And making matters even worse was how [[FollowTheLeader far too many creators who were looking for a quick buck]] was able to easily replicate the Seltzer/Friedberg-formula to a T, oversaturating the market with failed [[ShallowParody shallow parodies]] that only caused further damage to the genre.

** The duo were the first choice to write and direct ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'', but turned in a script that barely parodied horror films at all, and instead mostly spoofed ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''. In the duo's defence their script was written in 2001, which was an '''awful''' year for the horror genre -- there were no real high-profile horror releases at all that year, outside of ''Film/TheOthers2001'' and ''Film/JeepersCreepers'', and maybe ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' and ''Film/DonnieDarko'' if you're being generous -- but the studio quickly realized that they were more interested in just getting cheap laughs from whatever happened to be popular rather than sticking to what they were actually meant to be spoofing, resulting in them being canned and replaced by David Zucker.

** The were supposed to make ''The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D'', a spoof of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', but nothing came of it outside of some pre-production work.
** After ''Epic Movie'', they had plans to helm ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''-style holiday comedy that was sold as a star vehicle for Creator/RainnWilson, but was cancelled days before production would've started due to budget concerns from [[Creator/RegencyEnterprises New Regency]].

* CreatorKiller: ''Disaster Movie'' essentially marked the point where their genre spoof movies were no longer seen as viable theatrically and instead went DirectToVideo. Despite this, their last theatrical effort, the single-movie-franchise-focused ''Vampires Suck'' successfully managed to ride on ''Twilight'' hype to the point that it reached profitability, although not to the point where studios were willing to give them a shot.

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** In the storyboards for Epic Movie, Mystique was original much more accurate looking to her appearance in the X-Men films, and there were even makeup tests down featuring a more scaly forehead and red hair, stylized after the original X-Men trilogy films. Most likely to make the character more conventionally attractive, especially once Carmen Electra was cast, the scales were reduced and she was given luscious blonde hair.
** Additionally, in the storyboards, Peter didn't imagine Mystique dancing sexily, only seeing her and walking over. It seems the sexy dance was only added once Carmen was cast, due to her status as the MsFanservice.

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** The duo were the first choice to write and direct ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'', but turned in a script that barely parodied horror films at all, and instead mostly spoofed ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''. In the duo's defence their script was written in 2001, which was an '''awful''' year for the horror genre -- there were no real high-profile horror releases at all that year, outside of ''Film/TheOthers'' and ''Film/JeepersCreepers'', and maybe ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' and ''Film/DonnieDarko'' if you're being generous -- but the studio quickly realized that they were more interested in just getting cheap laughs from whatever happened to be popular rather than sticking to what they were actually meant to be spoofing, resulting in them being canned and replaced by David Zucker.
** They spent several years trying to sell a script for [[CreatorsOddball a straightforward Liberace biopic]], only forfeiting when ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' was produced.

** After ''Epic Movie'', they had plans to helm ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''-style holiday comedy that was sold as a star vehicle for Creator/RainnWilson, but was cancelled days before production would've started due to budget concerns from [[Creator/RegencyEnterprises New Regency]].

* ParodyAssistance: Special effects artist Mark Rappaport, who contributed to the makeup and prop work of both ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' and ''Film/ThreeHundred'' would do the same for both ''Epic Movie'' and 'Meet the Spartans''.