Meet the Spartans

The entire film was shot in one week.

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The film was not screened in advance for critics.

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The film led to Sean Maguire being cast as the lead character in Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009), a short-lived fantasy comedy series that was cancelled after one season due to mixed reviews.

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Former film critic, screenwriter and author C. Robert Cargill recalls watching the film with the loudest, dumbest group of moviegoers he had ever encountered. Fifteen minutes into Meet the Spartans, everyone in the theater walked out complaining about how terrible the film was. That was the only moment during the film that Cargill laughed.

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Despite receiving extremely negative reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing 84 million dollars on a 30 million dollar budget.

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At around 58 minutes, one of the specific references to Captain Artemis (played by Kevin Sorbo) appearing in the series is a comedic nod to Sorbo's previous role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995), with the line "I am gonna go Hercules on your ass."

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WILHELM SCREAM: At around the 36-minute mark, a Persian warrior falls from a cliff.

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As of 2019, this is one of three films written and directed by both Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer whose title does not contain the word "Movie." The others are Vampires Suck (2010) and The Starving Games (2013).

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Travis Van Winkle (Sonio) appeared in Transformers (2007), one of the films being parodied.

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This was Emily Wilson's debut.

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This was Nicole Parker's debut.

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