They Cloned Tyrone Trivia | 45 facts about the Netflix original

“They Cloned Tyrone” is a new sci-fi comedy mystery film streaming on Netflix starring John Boyega.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

1. They Cloned Tyrone is a 2023 American science fiction comedy mystery thriller film
2. The film is directed by Juel Taylor
3. This marks his feature film directorial debut
4. From a screenplay by Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier
5. The film stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx
6. Foxx also serves as producer
7. They star as an unlikely trio uncovering a government cloning conspiracy
8. David Alan Grier and Kiefer Sutherland also appear in supporting roles
9. They Cloned Tyrone premiered at the American Black Film Festival on June 14, 2023
10. It began a limited theatrical release on July 14, 2023
11. Before streaming on Netflix a week later
12. The film received positive critical reviews
13. With particular praise aimed at the humor and lead cast performances
14. Development on the film began in February 2019 when the screenplay was optioned from The Black List, on which the script for They Cloned Tyrone, written by Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, was first featured
15. It was conceived as a “genre-bending” homage to the Blaxploitation films of 1970s
16. Featuring elements of satire, mystery, horror, science fiction, and absurdist humor
17. In February 2019, it was announced that Brian Tyree Henry was in negotiations to star in the film, with Taylor set to direct under the production company MACRO Media
18. Later that year in October, John Boyega joined the cast, replacing Henry in the lead role
19. With production expected to begin in early 2020 and Netflix set to distribute
20. Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris joined the cast in September 2020
21. Principal photography began in November 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia
22. Filming took place in Blackhall Studios and wrapped in April 2021
23. Taylor cited They Live, Groundhog Day, It Follows, and Napoleon Dynamite as influences on the film
24. On February 3, 2022, Foxx shared an image of the lead cast in-costume on the set of They Cloned Tyrone
25. CinemaBlend complimented the “stylish and cool” aesthetic of the costuming
26. A teaser trailer for the film was released, on September 24, 2022
27. The trailer released during Netflix’s global fan event Tudum
28. It featured a rendition of the Gap Band’s 1982 song “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”
29. Deadline wrote that the trailer “vibes a stylized modern yet 1970s feel”
30. Erin Brady of /Film liked the premise and characters introduced in the trailer and remarked: “If this isn’t sci-fi throwback pulp, then what is?”
31. Jeremy Fuster of TheWrap compared the film’s conspiracy-theorist plot to the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government-funded medical study done on Black subjects in Tuskegee, Alabama between 1932 and 1972
32. Netflix released a trio of character posters on June 12, 2023, featuring the lead cast in stylized silhouettes
33. Cameron Bonomolo of Comicbook called them “trippy”
34. While Collider speculated that “[the] shrouding of these protagonists in mystery might be a pointed reminder to audiences of the conspiracy that needs solving in the film
35. An official trailer was released the following day
36. Lengthier in runtime, it featured a rendition of the 1984 single by Rockwell Featuring Michael Jackson “Somebody’s Watching Me”
37. Yasmeen Hamadeh of Mashable complimented: “With its high-thrills trailer promising hilarious hijinks and ’70s galore, They Cloned Tyrone is a must-add to your Netflix watch list”
38. In their May 2023 issues, Empire and Entertainment Weekly published stories on They Cloned Tyrone
39. Accompanied by a several images from the film
40. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 93% rating
41. Based on 69 critics’ reviews
42. With an average rating of 7.5/10
43. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100
44. Based on 24 critics
45. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”