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Monster Trucks

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  1. #001

    Five green Dodge trucks from the 1950s were built for the film. One of them, with its engine in the pickup bed, can be started from a position under the hood. Creech moves from this position.

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  2. #002

    Nearly all of the vehicles used in the film are Chrysler products.

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  3. #003

    When Viacom suffered a major loss in the third quarter of 2016, it blamed unspecified failures in its film distribution division. Reporters pieced together certain details in the profit and loss statement and discovered that this film was responsible for the loss.

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  4. #004

    One of the reasons the film's release date was delayed by more than a year was the need to redesign the creatures and therefore redo most of the effects scenes. They initially looked more monstrous and less cartoonish, but after a disastrous test screening in which the creatures reportedly frightened a large portion of the child audience despite their friendly nature, their appearance was changed to the cuter design of the released version.

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  5. #005

    WILHELM SCREAM: When a bad truck driver sees a large rock and crashes into it.

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  6. #006

    It was initially scheduled for release on May 29, 2015. To complete post-production, the release was moved to December 25, 2015, then to March 18, 2016, and then to January 13, 2017.

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  7. #007

    It was shot in Kamloops and Chilliwack, British Columbia.

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  8. #008

    Nickelodeon Movies was initially the producer and left the project during post-production. On November 17, 2016, a second trailer was released showing Nickelodeon's logo, indicating that they had returned as co-producer.

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  9. #009

    This is Paramount Animation's first live-action film.

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  10. #010

    This film ends Nickelodeon Movies' 18-year streak of releasing a film every year, which began with Snow Day (2000). Several projects were cancelled or moved to a different year.

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  11. #011

    It is Chris Wedge's first live-action film and also his first film not released by 20th Century Fox.

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  12. #012

    It is Danny Glover's first Nickelodeon role since Barnyard (2006).

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  13. #013

    Jane Levy appeared in Evil Dead (2013), and Samara Weaving appeared in the first season of Ash vs Evil Dead.

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  14. #014

    When Tripp first starts the engine on the stand, he revs it but does not touch the throttle body or anything that would operate the throttle body. Also, if you look, the coils are not connected at all, and there are no spark plug wires going to the spark plugs.

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  15. #015

    It is Jane Levy's first Nickelodeon film since Fun Size (2012).

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  16. #016

    It is Jim Gisriel's favorite film.

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