The Rewatch Podcast: RW579 - Bonus

In this Christmas episode of The Rewatch Podcast, Cory and Eoghan inherit a big problem as they discuss MouseHunt.

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The script was initially offered to 20th Century Fox and Disney; both studios got into a bidding war over the film rights. Late into the war came a third bidder: Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks. Katzenberg, who had just recently left Disney after a bitter falling-out with Michael Eisner, saw an opportunity to get back at his former employer by getting into the bidding war. Ultimately, DreamWorks emerged victorious.

Actor William Hickey was seriously ill during the film's production and died toward the end of principal photography. Fortunately all his scenes had already been filmed so it was not necessary to recast his part or make any major changes to the script to accommodate his death.

The voice talents behind Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King (1994) appear in the movie. Nathan Lane (Ernie Smuntz) voiced Timon. Maury, the pound owner, is played by Ernie Sabella, the voice of Pumbaa.

The mousetraps scene was completed without any digital effects. Over 800 mouse traps were set individually and rigged with wires under the floor. It took several takes, so each trap had to be reset, baited, and wired one at a time.

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