Aca-Awesome Facts About the Pitch Perfect Franchise
“You guys are gonna get pitch-slapped so hard, your man boobs are gonna concave” —Fat Amy
Get your popcorn ready pitches! The Bellas are back in the third instalment in the Pitch Perfect franchise. The first Pitch Perfect film came out of nowhere in 2012, and proved to be the little aca-film that could.
A flat-out fun franchise, these films always bring it when it comes to creative mashups, catchy tunes, and a lot of laughs, so expect more of the same in Pitch Perfect 3. So, before you aca-watch the entire aca-franchise in one day and start adding aca to every word you say, check out these facts about every Pitch Perfect film!
Pitch Perfect Franchise Facts
45. Adaptation
Pitch Perfect is loosely based on the book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory by Mickey Rapkin. One of the groups featured in the book—the Hullabahoos—even have a cameo in the film.
44. Just Say What Comes to Mind
Rebel Wilson (Fat Amy) reportedly improvised the majority of her dialogue in the first film, but as the franchise went on she wasn’t the only one.
Wilson claimed that the cast improvised a good chunk of the third film because they were so close with one another after working on three films in six years together.
43. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Kay Cannon—screenwriter for Pitch Perfect—initially had 17 songs for the riff-off scene in the script, but it ended up getting trimmed down to eight; the producers couldn’t afford to pay for all of the songs.
