The Fog

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The Fog Trivia

Tom Welling had three weeks left on Smallville season 4 when he began shooting The Fog. Selma Blair often joked that the director kept two cameras running during his scenes - one for The Fog, and one for Smallville.
Before Tom Welling was cast, actors considered for Nick Castle included David Boreanaz, Jesse Metcalfe, Matthew Davis, Henry Cavill, Adam Garcia, Michael Cassidy, Oliver Hudson, and Peter Facinelli. 'Matthew Fox' and Ben McKenzie, were also considered for the role and met with the director, but due to conflicting television schedules they did not read for producers.
Debra Hill died shortly before filming began.
The film was green lit by Revolution Studios before the script was written.
Selma Blair was the studio's first choice for Stevie Wayne, but she was not offered the part because Julia Stiles was still attached to play Elizabeth. Blair and Stiles had acted together two times previously (in Down to You, and most recently A Guy Thing). When the role of Elizabeth went to Maggie Grace, Blair was contacted and her contract closed with 48 hours. She started shooting less than two weeks later.
Selma Blair did almost all of her own stunt work for the film, and spent 12 hours in a water tank (with only short surface breaks) for two straight days to shoot her underwater scenes.
When the remake was announced, rumors circulated the Internet that Charisma Carpenter had been cast as Stevie Wayne and Jessica Biel as Elizabeth. Later reports stated Carpenter was deemed too old for Stevie Wayne and Biel simply did not want to do any more horror films. Similarly, reliable websites announced that Chris Isaak had signed on to play Nick Castle, which was completely untrue as the character was rewritten to be in his mid-twenties.
Before DeRay Davis auditioned and blew producers away, actors considered for Brett Spooner included Wilmer Valderrama, Eric Christian Olsen, Kenan Thompson, John Cho, Dominic Monaghan and Jon Heder.
Fergie (vocalist Stacy Ferguson of The Black Eyed Peas) was attached to play Stevie Wayne before a last-minute conflict prevented her contract from closing.
On the audio commentary of the original The Fog, both John Carpenter and Debra Hill felt the movie could have been better. Toward the end of the movie Debra asked John, "Do you want to remake The Fog?" John replied, "Let's go." This may have been the moment when they decided to do the remake.
When Elizabeth finds Father Malone in the cemetery, he is sitting next to a tomb which has been spray-painted with the words "MENE MENE TEKEL EUPHARIN". She asks what it means, and he simply says "It's from the Bible - it's the "writing on the wall"". The words should read "MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN", and are from the book of Daniel. The story is found in Chapter 5, and the words were originally written by fingers upon the wall of the palace of King of Babylon. Loosely translated, they were a pronouncement of judgment and coming retribution on the unjust King.
In between takes in Vancouver, press were granted access to the set. During Selma Blair's interview, director Rupert Wainwright made a joke she didn't like. In response, Blair reached into her shirt, pulled out a rubber "falsie," and flung it across the conference room at the director, deadpanning, "That's the Adrienne Barbeau part of the role."
Tom Welling's character, Nick Castle, is named after Nick Castle, the actor who played The Shape in John Carpenter's Halloween.
During early development, Julia Stiles expressed interest in the role of Elizabeth. The screenplay was subsequently tailored, the character matured, and the role expanded. When Stiles did not come aboard, Maggie Grace was immediately cast, and the character of Elizabeth was rewritten to be younger and more innocent than in previous drafts.
Maggie Grace beat Emilie de Ravin, her Lost co-star, for the role of Elizabeth.
SPOILER: Body count: 8 people, 1 dog.