Sucker Punch: The film heavily features motifs from Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland - the movie's logline while being pitched to studios was `Alice in Wonderland with machine guns’.

Sucker Punch: Zack Snyder said this would be his first action movie, despite the fact that 300 is considered an action movie.

The Eagle: The main character's name is Marcus Aquila. Aquila is the Latin word for eagle.

Barney’s Version: This is the second collaboration between Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giamatti since Confidence (2003).

Red Riding Hood: Taylor Lautner was considered for the role of Peter.