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Kevin Michael Richardson, the voice of Chairman Drek in the first game, was originally brought in to reprise the role in the movie. However during production, he was quietly replaced by Paul Giamatti, but the movie company accidentally mailed Paul's paycheck to Kevin's address.
Initially, Sony was planning to make a live action adaption of the video game "Ratchet & Clank" in 2005. Edgar Wright turned it down to do Hot Fuzz (2007), Guillermo Del Toro was brought on, but walked over disagreements regarding the tone of the movie. Other directors including Jon Favreau, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Joss Whedon and Michael Bay were also considered before the project was scrapped entirely due to budget constraints.
The new Ratchet & Clank game for PlayStation 4 will be based on this film while this film is based on the original game.
The voices for Ratchet and Clank are the same actors who voice the characters in all the games, except for the original game, which is the only entry in the series where Ratchet was voiced by another actor.
This movie is a retelling of the original Ratchet and Clank game (2002) with old and new characters.
The second movie based on a video game to have a completely new game based on its movie plot released on game consoles. Street Fighter also released a game that was based on the movie likeness of its characters.
In the PlayStation 4 version of Ratchet and Clank, the voice of Victor von Ion is done by Mark Silverman, but in the movie he is voiced by Sylvester Stallone.
At one point, one of the Galactic Rangers' robots falls off a platform, and lets out a noticeable "Wilhelm Scream" (a famous sound effect used in many Hollywood films). Another robot shouts out to his fallen comrade "Wilhelm!!"
When one of Chairman Drek's minions is thrown off the side of a bridge, as he screams on the way down, another cries out his name as "Wilhelm". The "Wilhelm Scream" is the most famous reused scream in all of cinema
Wilhelm Scream: when one of the aliens is sucked into space. Another alien trying to save him calls 'Wilhelm' after him.
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While Captain Quark was disabling the weapons system on the ship, the original PlayStation startup noise was heard when turning on his computer.