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Hancock (2008) More at IMDb Pro »

• The script, originally titled 'Tonight, He Comes', floated around in Hollywood for over a decade.
  
  
• Warner Bros. passed on the chance to make the film. Sony then stepped in.
  
  
• The train wreck scene was filmed in San Pedro, CA, in conjunction with Pacific Harbor Line RR. PHL SD18 diesel locomotive #40 was changed by the movie crews to the fictitious Southland & Western RR.
  
  

• The movie was shown at a US military base in the Middle East a week before it opened in the United States. The screening was free to all US military personnel on base.
  
  
• When Mary gets ready for bed, she is wearing a Macalester College T-shirt. Director, Peter Berg, graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
  
  
• Brad Leland, who plays "Executive #3" at the beginning of the movie (he is the one who appears to be Ray's boss), was given this small role by director Peter Berg, who had previously cast him on his TV show "Friday Night Lights" (2006).
  
  
• Will Smith is a huge fan of professional wrestling. He describes Hancock as Steve Austin, one of his favorite wrestlers, with super powers.
  
  
• Dave Chappelle was seriously considered for the lead.
  
  
• Shipped to some theaters with the codename 'Hidden from Earth'.
  
  
• The original title was "Tonight, He Comes." It was later retitled "John Hancock", then finally retitled "Hancock".
  
  
• Shipped to some theaters under the name "Speak Publicly".
  
  
• Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman play a couple in this movie. They previously acted as a couple in season three of "Arrested Development" (2003).
  
  
• Daeg Faerch, who plays the bully Michel, played 10 year old Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) remake.
  
  

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