1.   By then Holtz was long gone, replaced by friends of Carrey, and the screenplay had been rewritten many times.

2.   Cameron said he was thinking about Arnold Schwarzenegger in a leading role and that if the project proceeded, he intended to rewrite the screenplay.

3.   Spielberg and Hanks read Ambrose works closely before rewriting the screenplay, which was originally a more standard adventure tale.

4.   The Weitzes ended up rewriting the screenplay, taking a number of suggestions from Grant in the process.

5.   Writer-director John Sayles took a crack at rewriting the screenplay for film, as did others.