'Jem and the Holograms' trivia and fun facts

Nathan Moore got the role of Zipper by auditioning on Youtube.

This film was released on the 30th anniversary of tv serie, Jem (1985).

It was the worst opening weekend for a film produced by a major company.

This film was dropped from theaters in 2 weeks, with a domestic total gross less than half of its $5 million production budget.

Early drafts of the script originally included the holographic characters and atmosphere the cartoon had, but were taken out of the final draft in favor of a more realistic approach.

It was supposed to be an animated movie when it was pre-announced, but later they decided to shoot it as a live-action film.