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In 1990, David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel wrote their first draft of the script with the original title “The Feelers” and sent it out, but there were no buyers. It wasn't until after the success of Scream (1996) that Miramax bought the script and rushed it into production. The Weinstein’s brought in Kevin Williamson to do rewrites, keeping the basic story, but rewriting the dialogue and adding new characters to make it more "hip". Originally, Williamson was set to direct the film, but he chose not to so he could direct his self-penned script Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999). The Weinsteins brought in Robert Rodriguez to direct the film instead.
The role of Delilah was originally written for Charisma Carpenter. She turned it down because she felt the role was too similar to her character Cordelia on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). Jessica Alba also auditioned for the part. This is the film debut of Jordana Brewster in the role.
Clea DuVall (Stokley) is a lesbian playing a heterosexual girl pretending to be lesbian to scare people off. DuVall said the character she plays is a lot like her when she was 14 or 15: dark, brooding, and discontent.
Gillian Anderson turned down the role of Valerie Drake, and the role went to Bebe Neuwirth. Principal Drake gets her name from the Drake Equation, which is used to estimate how much intelligent life there is in the universe.
Bill Paxton was considered for the part of the Coach, the role went to Robert Patrick.
Jon Stewart plays Prof. Edward Furlong in this movie, Edward Furlong played John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), chased by the T-1000 Terminator played by Robert Patrick who plays Coach Joe Willis. Casey’s (Elijah Wood) surname is also Connor.
Daniel von Bargen plays Mr. John Tate in this movie, Josh Hartnett’s character in his previous (and first) film, Halloween H20, was also named John Tate.
The official score from Marco Beltrami was released for the first time in 2023. This revealed that several tracks from the film had been hastily retooled to be used in Halloween H20 when Marco was hired to finish the music after John Ottman was fired. Most prominently the track titled 'Offensive Coach' is used repeatedly in H20. H20 was released just four months prior to The Faculty which debuted on Christmas Day in 1998.
Elijah Wood, Clea DuVall, Jordana Brewster and Shawn Hatosy appear in the music video for "Another Brick in the Wall, part 2", performed by the Class of '99, which is featured in the film's soundtrack. In keeping with her character Stokely, Clea DuVall does not lip sync the lyrics with her co-stars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JNU2lQRn3Q
In exchange for product placement in this film for clothier Tommy Hilfiger's fashion line, the cast also appeared together in a TV commercial & print ad campaign for Tommy Jeans throughout 1998.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TxeVgKYV5Y
Robert Rodriguez cast Josh Hartnett and Elijah Wood again in Sin City (2005).
The drug test scene and Ms. Burke’s severed head are homages to The Thing (1982).
At one point, the principal suggests saving money by reusing the set from "Our Town". The joke in this is that Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" has no set.
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