History Trivia / Tomorrowland

** Legendary editor Creator/WalterMurch was originally working on the film. However, he was unceremoniously and suddenly fired due to creative differences between the studio and the filmmakers.

* GenreKiller: Following the lukewarm reception this film received and the disappointing returns, Disney put a halt to all further development of science fiction films not tied to ''Franchise/StarWars'' or the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, including a planned sequel to ''Film/TronLegacy''.

** Not only is Britt Robertson not billed above the title like Creator/GeorgeClooney, even though Casey is the main character more than Frank is, but she's actually billed behind Hugh Laurie as well.

* DawsonCasting: Britt Robertson is in her mid 20s, yet plays a girl who is still in high school.

* ActorAllusion:
** Hugh Laurie is cast as a [[{{Series/House}} jaded, cynical misanthrope who believes in the worst of humanity]]. [[spoiler:Who gets his leg trapped by a falling wall]]
** A director allusion: The Blast from the Past store has, among many other things, toys from WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant, WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons and a [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]].

** Not only is Britt Robertson not billed above the title like George Clooney, even though Casey is the main character more than Frank is, but she's actually billed behind Hugh Laurie as well.

* CreatorBacklash: Brad Bird said he regretted having to cut Judy Greer's screen time down, saying he pretty much wasted her talents.

* MarketBasedTitle:
** The movie is known as ''Project T'' in Belgium and the Netherlands, in order to avoid confusion with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrowland_(festival) Tomorrowland music festival]].
** In the U.K. the film is titled ''Tomorrowland: A World Beyond''.
* PlayingAgainstType: Music/TimMcGraw plays a NASA engineer.

* UnderageCasting: George Clooney plays a character who is roughly sixteen years older than he is in real life.

** Shailene Woodley was the first choice to play Casey, amusingly enough an attempt to reunite her with George Clooney after ''Film/TheDescendants''. Being notoriously selective about what roles she takes, she turned it down. Judy Greer had also starred alongside them in ''The Descendants'' too.

** The film was first announced as far back as 2011, with the WorkingTitle '1952'. It was later retitled 'Tomorrowland' after the ride.

* PlayingGertrude: George Clooney plays a character who is roughly sixteen years older than he is in real life.

* ShoutOut: The Monitor is meant to be one to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trylon_and_Perisphere Trylon and Perisphere]], the Theme Center of the 1939 World's Fair.

* PlayingAgainstType: TimMcgraw plays a NASA engineer.

* DeletedRole: Creator/JudyGreer's role as Casey's Mother was denoted to a flashback home video and is missing from the present day time period. WordOfGod is that Casey's Mother (along with members of Casey's extended family) were [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Judy-Greer-Was-Almost-Completely-Cut-Out-Tomorrowland-71536.html cut to streamline the story]]. Casey's mother appears in the present time period in the Junior Novelization. Some of their scenes are among the deleted scenes on the Blu-Ray release.

* StarDerailingRole: May become this to Robertson, Cassidy, and George Clooney instead.
* StarMakingRole: Was intended to be this for both Britt Robertson and Raffey Cassidy, but after the film's failure, not anymore...

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** 15 years ago, Britt appeared in an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce''. Usually you don't hear about child guests from that franchise having acting success years later.
** [[{{Film/Looper}} Cid]] is Casey's little brother.
** {{Series/House}}[=/=][[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Jasper the puppy-napper]] is the main villain of the film.
** Frank's father is [[Series/TheWire Frank Sabotka]].

** A director allusion: The Blast from the Past store has, among many other things, toys of WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]].

** {{Series/House}} is the main villain of the film.

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** StarDerailingRole: May become this to Robertson, Cassidy, and George Clooney instead.

** Not only is Britt Robertson not billed above the title like George Clooney, even though Casey is the main character more than Frank is, but she's actually billed behind Hugh Laurie as well. Nevertheless, she is getting by far the most buzz out of all the actors in the film, and this is expected to be a huge StarMakingRole for her.

* PlayingAgainstType: TimMcgraw plays a NASA engineer
* StarMakingRole: Was intended to be this for both Britt Robertson and Raffey Cassidy, but after the film's failure, not anymore.

* PlayingAgainstType: TimMcgraw plays a NASA engineer

* DeletedRole: Creator/JudyGreer's role as Casey's Mother was denoted to a flashback home video and is missing from the present day time period. WordOfGod is that Casey's Mother (along with members of Casey's extended family) were [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Judy-Greer-Was-Almost-Completely-Cut-Out-Tomorrowland-71536.html cut to streamline the story]]. Casey's mother appears in the present time period in the Junior Novelization. Some of their scenes are among the deleted scenes on the Blu release.

* BillingDisplacement: Not only is Britt Robertson not billed above the title like George Clooney, even though Casey is the main character more than Frank is, but she's actually billed behind Hugh Laurie as well. Nevertheless, she is getting by far the most buzz out of all the actors in the film, and this is expected to be a huge StarMakingRole for her.

* ActorAllusion: Hugh Laurie is cast as a [[{{Series/House}} jaded, cynical misanthrope who believes in the worst of humanity]]. [[spoiler:Who gets his leg trapped by a falling wall]]

* BoxOfficeBomb: Quite a painful one for Disney. Only made $208 million against its $190 million budget (less than $100 million of which was from North America) - and with extra marketing costs plus the fact that film studios do not receive the full amount of ticket sales (the theaters take some of the profit, and overseas there's even more associated costs), ''Tomorrowland'' definitely earned Disney a writedown. Disney should be able to cover the cost courtesy of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', however.
** Worse still is the fact that, unlike prior Disney bombs ''Film/JohnCarter'', ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' and ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', ''Tomorrowland'' was a major overseas flop as well, earning only $115 million (pathetic for a big-budget visual-effects heavy spectacle; even ''The Lone Ranger'', based on an American-skewing brand, earned $171 million overseas).
* CreatorKiller: A bit early to tell, but the film's mediocre performance put a damper on Brad Bird's ambition to do another traditionally animated film, as he'd hoped its success would earn him an AuteurLicense.
* DawsonCasting: Britt Robertson is in her mid 20's, yet plays a girl who is 18 at most.

* [[ActorAllusion Director Allusion]]: The Blast from the Past store has, among many other things, toys of WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]].

* DeletedRole: Creator/JudyGreer's role as Casey's Mother was denoted to a flashback home video and is missing from the present day time period. WordOfGod is that Casey's Mother (along with members of Casey's extended family) were [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Judy-Greer-Was-Almost-Completely-Cut-Out-Tomorrowland-71536.html cut to streamline the story]]. Casey's mother appears in the present time period in the Junior Novelization.

* CreatorKiller: A bit early to tell, but the film's mediocre performance put a damper on Brad Bird's ambition to do another traditionally animated film, as he'd hoped it's success would earn him an AuteurLicense.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Quite a painful one for Disney. Only made $208 million against its $190 million budget (less than $100 million of which was from North America) - and with extra marketing costs plus the fact that films studios do not receive the full amount of ticket sales (the theaters take some of the profit, and overseas there's even more associated costs), ''Tomorrowland'' definitely earned Disney a writedown. Disney should be able to cover the cost courtesy of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', however.

** Worse still is the fact that, unlike prior Disney bombs ''Film/JohnCarter'', ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' and ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', ''Tomorrowland'' was a major overseas flop as well, earning only $115 million (pathetic for a big-budget visual-effects heavy spectacle; even ''The Lone Ranger'', a US-skewing brand, earned $171 million overseas).