Every Screen Rant April Fool's Day Joke That Came True
Up to 2022, every April 1, Screen Rant indulged in April Fool's shenanigans - and some of those jokes eventually became reality. The entertainment industry is a weird place, and getting weirder all the time. Five years ago, Amazon owning James Bond, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield joining the MCU, and Star Wars finding more success on Disney+ than in theaters felt too outlandish even for April Fool's gags. And that's without even mentioning the time movie theaters across the world closed for nigh on a year...
With reality very much stranger than fiction at this point, browsing the internet on April Fool's Day requires more caution than ever, as even we at Screen Rant have played a trick or two over the years. You might remember such April 1 hits as "Mortal Kombat 2: Keanu Reeves In Talks To Play Johnny Cage," "The Office Reboot: Michael Scott Movie Coming To NBC's Streaming Service" and "Denis Villeneuve Directing Cloverfield 4 After Dune." None of those examples came true, sadly (though the Johnny Cage one did correctly call Mortal Kombat's stinger set-up for Cage), but a few of our other April Fool's contributions certainly did.
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Proving anything really canhappen under the bright lights of Hollywood, here are the April Fool's jokes we made in the spirit of the occasion… and then watched become reality soon after.
Running from 1987 to 1995, Full House's Tanner family captured the hearts of American audiences with their wholesome sitcom stylings. As the early 2010s saw a wave of 1990s TV nostalgia — with the likes of Girl Meets World getting the green light — Screen Rant posted an April Fool's joke in 2013 claiming ABC and Jeff Franklin (Full House creator) were
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