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1	* BillingDisplacement: Creator/EllenBurstyn gets second billing and yet doesn't show up until 62 minutes in.
2	* BoxOfficeBomb: Thanks to Creator/NeilLaBute creating a World Of {{Narm}} rather than an actual horror movie, critics laughed in his face when they got a chance to see the film, and film failed to even make back its budget. Said budget, $40 million. Box office, $38,755,073.
3	* CreatorBacklash: Creator/NicolasCage: "'I might have known that that movie was meant to be absurd."
4	* DisownedAdaptation:
5	** Robin Hardy, who directed and co-wrote the original, had his name removed from the credits out of disgust at the movie.
6	** Creator/ChristopherLee was also highly critical of it.
7	** Creator/IngridPitt in her column at ''Den of Geek'' took the time to slam the remake for being a cheap attempt to piggyback off the original's fame.
8	* InMemoriam: Creator/NicolasCage dedicated the film to ''Johnny Ramone''. That's right, the guitarist of Music/TheRamones. Johnny introduced Cage to [[Film/TheWickerMan1973 the original movie]], but if you don't know that, it comes off as a really ''weird'' dedication.
9	* NotScreenedForCritics: The film's [[{{Narm}} unintentional humor]] might have had something to do with this. Unsurprisingly, it was panned for that reason.
10	-->'''Website/RottenTomatoes critics' consensus:''' Puzzlingly misguided, Neil [=LaBute=]'s update ''The Wicker Man'' struggles against unintentional comedy and fails.
11	* ReferencedBy: In ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', Bumble Blast's quest is called "Not the Bees!"
12	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/{{Universal}} had been trying to remake ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' since TheNineties. It was officially announced in 2002.
13	* {{Typecasting}}: Frances Conroy found herself playing a lot of CloudCuckooLander side characters at this point in the 2000s.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
15	** Creator/WinonaRyder turned down the role of Willow, hating the script.
16	** Creator/LiamNeeson and Creator/RobertCarlyle were both considered for the lead role.
17	** Creator/EdwardWoodward was offered a RemakeCameo but turned it down.

Context Trivia / TheWickerMan2006