Kevin Spacey and Mike Myers were considered for
the role of Inspector Clouseau.
Jackie Chan was considered for the part of
Clouseau's assistant, Kato.
Ivan Reitman was originally going to direct the
film, but chose not to, staying on as producer of
the film.
In the early stages of development, Chris Tucker
was originally considered for the role of
Clouseau with Ivan Reitman directing.
This film will mark the eighth time that Henry
Mancini's famous theme will be used to open the
film or be used in the music in the film.
Christophe Beck is the first composer other than
the late Henry Mancini to write the music for the
Pink Panther movies (unless one counts Ken
Thorne, but Inspector Clouseau (1968) generally
isn't considered an official Pink Panther film).
Reportedly, football player David Beckham was
offered a supporting role in this movie but opted
out due to his obligations to his club, Real
Madrid.
Originally, the animated title sequence was going
to be done in CGI, but the filmmakers decided to
stick to traditional, hand-drawn animation
instead. The animation was directed by Bob Kurtz,
who had worked on some of the Pink Panther
shorts.
The cameo appearance of Clive Owen is both a nod
to the fact that Owen was considered in to
replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the forth
coming Casino Royale (2006), and a tribute to
Peter Sellers - the most famous actor to play
Inspector Clouseau - who also parodied James Bond
in the spoof film, Casino Royale (1967).
When Sony inherited the film from its acquisition
of MGM, it decided to spend approximately $5
million to re-shoot and re-edit the film to tone
down or cut explicit contents to get a PG rating.
The teaser trailer features Inspector Clouseau
using the glass breaking device he got from Agent
006. This scene is not in the final film.
The airport security attack dog is named
"W".
According to the 2004 teaser trailer credits
David Newman was attached to compose the film's
score at one point. The film's final composer,
Christophe Beck, was originally hired to do the
score, than a few months later he was off the
project and Newman came in. Then a few months
after that, Beck was back on.
Steve Martin had such respect for Peter Sellers
that when he was asked to take over the role of
Clouseau, he put off the decision to accept it
until after he had already worked out the
character's accent and run several ideas for
scenes past director Shawn Levy.
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The Boys Are Back in Town (2008)
Directed by: Scott Hicks Status: Pre-production Clive Owen as Unknown Information • Images • Official
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Directed by: Tony Gilroy Status: Filming Clive Owen as Unknown Information • Images • Official
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The International (2009)
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
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