Originally developed at Columbia, studio boss Mark Canton and Tim Burton fell out when the former objected to the film being made in black and white. Burton walked off with the project, shopping it around various other studios, until Disney decided to make it through its Touchstone banner.
Gregory Walcott:
who appeared in Edward D. Wood Jr.'s original film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), plays the potential backer who introduces Wood (Johnny Depp) to Vampira.
As a sight gag, during the premiere of Plan 9 from Outer Space, Tor Johnson is shown sitting with his wife and two very chubby children. In reality, by the time "Plan 9" was made, Tor's son, Karl, was an adult working as a police officer. Karl had supplied the uniforms and police car for the production of "Plan 9 From Outer Space".
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Q
Is 'Ed Wood' based on a book?
A
Guitarist and writer Rudolph Grey wrote the Ed Wood, Jr biography Nightmare of Ecstasy (1992) on which the biopic Ed Wood was based.
Q
What was the movie that Ed Wood was filming with Bela Lugosi when Lugosi died?
A
The footage of Bela Lugosi ended up in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).