A Future Animation Legend Storyboarded the Film
The storyboards for the movie were drawn up by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creative mind behind Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, who'd go on to direct the Hotel Transylvania films.
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Motion-Captured by a Real Swordsman
Geralt's combat animations weren't just hand-keyed by animators. CD Projekt Red actually brought in a professional swordsman to perform the motion capture, and he found that a dance-like flow through each strike and parry felt far more natural than stiff, mechanical swings. That's exactly the fluid, almost balletic combat style that made it into the finished game.
The Dodo Is Technically Coded as a Car
Dig into the game's files and the Dodo is classed as a car, not a plane, which explains why it shrugs off crashes like a road vehicle and can even use a handbrake. It's the only aircraft in the whole series with brakes for that exact reason.
Sarah Kerrigan in the Shredder Cockpit
Peer into the cockpit of any Goblin Shredder and you'll spot a small image of Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades from StarCraft, glowing on the control panel. The Sky Golem mount, which shares the Shredder's design, updates the picture to her StarCraft II appearance.
Emily Blunt Nearly Played Black Widow
Before Scarlett Johansson signed on, Emily Blunt was in serious talks for the Black Widow role but had to bow out because of a scheduling clash with Gulliver's Travels, a film that ended up flopping domestically anyway.
A Death Star Reference Hiding on the World Map
Look closely at the corner of the overworld map while travelling on foot and you'll spot a string of letters and numbers reading L5 AA 23 TK 421. That's not random flavour text, it's a mash-up of Leia's cell number on the Death Star and the stormtrooper ID Luke swipes when he goes undercover in Star Wars. Blink and you'll genuinely miss it.
Ezio's Real Family Feud: The Sforza Assassination
Although he never appears on screen, the real-life assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, is referenced in letters Giovanni Auditore writes to Lorenzo de' Medici, framing it as the opening spark of the game's Templar conspiracy in 1476.
The Second Most Expensive Movie Ever Made
Age of Ultron reportedly cost around $365 million to make, which at the time put it just behind Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as one of the priciest films ever produced, even once you account for inflation.