40 Fun Facts About Pitch Perfect 3

Which hip-hop producer plays himself in Pitch Perfect 3 as the headliner of the Bellas' USO tour?

DJ Khaled appears as a fictionalised version of himself, both a performer and a major plot point. The Bellas even manage to wreck a party in his hotel suite.

Which actor plays Fat Amy's estranged crime-lord father in Pitch Perfect 3?

John Lithgow plays the ruthless international crime lord, who tracks Fat Amy to the Bellas' hotel. He won three Emmys as Dick Solomon in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Which Britney Spears hit do the Bellas sing in Pitch Perfect 3 to distract a crime lord from a bomb?

Toxic keeps the kidnapper watching while Fat Amy sets up the explosive. The original recording won Britney Spears her first Grammy, for Best Dance Recording.

Which George Michael anthem do the Bellas sing as their final performance together in Pitch Perfect 3?

Freedom! '90 closes the tour once Beca brings the other Bellas onstage. George Michael added the '90 to avoid confusion with an earlier Wham! hit of the same name.

The Bellas' USO tour in Pitch Perfect 3 first lands at a naval base in Rota, in which European country?

Spain shares Naval Station Rota with the US Navy, and the base houses the largest American military community in the country. Two liaison soldiers greet the Bellas there.

Where does Fat Amy's father hold the kidnapped Bellas in Pitch Perfect 3 to pressure his daughter?

On a yacht, where the Bellas are taken after being abducted without Beca and Fat Amy. The pair sneak aboard to stage a rescue that ends with an explosion.

Why does Stacie miss the Bellas' reunion tour in Pitch Perfect 3, with Emily stepping into her place?

She is pregnant, eight months along when the tour comes up. Stacie later phones the Bellas mid-tour to announce the birth of a daughter.

What are commentators John and Gail making about the Bellas as they trail the tour in Pitch Perfect 3?

A documentary, which the pair botch at the last moment. John realises they never recorded the Bellas' final performance.

Which Australian actress plays Fat Amy, who learns in Pitch Perfect 3 that her father wants her fortune?

Rebel Wilson won the role instantly at her audition, singing a Lady Gaga song while beating her chest with her fists. The first film's director laughed too hard to hear the end.

What does Aubrey accidentally start at a party in the tour headliner's suite in Pitch Perfect 3?

A fire, which throws the party into chaos. Moments earlier Beca had impressed the headliner's producer with a mix she built on his editing equipment.

Which actress plays Emily, leader of the current Barden Bellas, in Pitch Perfect 3?

Hailee Steinfeld, an Oscar nominee for True Grit, joined the series in the second film, where performing the song Flashlight also won her recognition as a singer.

Which studio, whose logo fanfare the Bellas sing as the soundtrack's first track, released Pitch Perfect 3?

Universal distributed all three films in the series. The album opens with the Bellas' 38-second a cappella take on the studio fanfare.

In which city are Beca, Fat Amy and Chloe sharing a home as roommates when Pitch Perfect 3 begins?

New York is home for the three graduates, who all hate their jobs. Beca soon quits hers as a music producer over creative differences.

The Pitch Perfect 3 soundtrack's lead single mashed a George Michael song with which hit from the first film?

Cups was Beca's audition piece in the 2012 film, a late swap for a nursery rhyme in the original script. It reworks a 1931 folk song written by A. P. Carter.

Which Pitch Perfect 2 director was announced to direct Pitch Perfect 3 too, before stepping aside in 2016?

Elizabeth Banks stayed on as a producer and still appears as commentator Gail. Her debut on the second film had set an opening-weekend record for a first-time director.

In which Georgia city did principal photography for Pitch Perfect 3 begin in January 2017?

Atlanta hosted the start of a shoot that also took in two European locations before wrapping in April. The first film was shot on a university campus in Baton Rouge.

Which Orange Is the New Black actress plays Calamity, singer of a rival band, in Pitch Perfect 3?

Ruby Rose plays a musical rival to the Bellas, two years after joining the Netflix prison drama in its third season. She later starred as Batwoman on television.

Which blockbuster topped the US box office when Pitch Perfect 3 opened in third place in December 2017?

The Last Jedi led that weekend, with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle second. Pitch Perfect 3's $19.9 million debut was less than a third of the second film's opening.

The Bellas cover Cheap Thrills on the Pitch Perfect 3 soundtrack, a number-one hit for which Australian singer?

Sia scored her first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song, which she wrote with producer Greg Kurstin.

Which Pitch Perfect 3 star won Choice Comedy Movie Actress at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards for the film?

Anna Kendrick beat two of her own castmates, both nominated in the same category for the same film. The film itself was up for Choice Comedy Movie.

What is the name of the band, fronted by Calamity, that rivals the Bellas on tour in Pitch Perfect 3?

Evermoist is a four-piece whose members all have names ending in -ity: Calamity, Serenity, Veracity and Charity, the drummer.

Why is Aubrey so keen for the Bellas to join the USO tour in Pitch Perfect 3?

Her father might watch her perform at last, she hopes, and the tour invitation itself comes through him. By the end of the film the two have reconnected.

Which US soldier guides the Bellas on tour and becomes Chloe's love interest in Pitch Perfect 3?

Chicago greets the Bellas when they land, alongside fellow liaison soldier Zeke. He and Chloe are a couple by the end of the film.

What is the first name of Fat Amy's crime-lord father, who tracks her down at a hotel in Pitch Perfect 3?

Fergus Hobart wins his daughter back by claiming to have changed, then lets slip that he is really after her $180 million offshore account.

What is Chloe training to become, having applied before the tour and been accepted by the end of Pitch Perfect 3?

A vet is Chloe's goal, and she had applied before the tour even as she longed for the Bellas' glory days. She also ends the film in a relationship with a soldier.

Which US military branch's flight school does Cynthia Rose enlist in at the end of Pitch Perfect 3?

The Air Force flight school is her destination, a comeback after she failed a flight school simulation before joining the tour.

What does Flo sell from the street cart that grows into an international brand by the end of Pitch Perfect 3?

Juice is Flo's trade: the Guatemalan Bella works on a juice truck before the tour and ends the film with a global brand.

What event does Fat Amy sneak off to in Pitch Perfect 3, only to find her father staged it as a ruse?

A poker tournament draws her away from the Bellas' party, but it is bait: her father set it up to get back into her life.

Which director of Step Up: All In took charge of Pitch Perfect 3 after the original director left?

Trish Sie was confirmed in September 2016, three months after her predecessor stepped down. She studied music theory and was a champion ballroom dancer.

In which Australian city did Pitch Perfect 3 hold its world premiere, three weeks before its US release?

Sydney hosted the premiere in late November 2017. Universal then opened the film in American cinemas on December 22, the Friday before Christmas.

Which French city joined the US state of Georgia among the filming locations for Pitch Perfect 3?

Nice was one of three shooting locations for a production that ran from January to April 2017. The closing credits add behind-the-scenes footage from all three films.

Which ex of Fat Amy, already history when Pitch Perfect 3 begins, later got a Peacock series set in Berlin?

Bumper and Fat Amy have split up by the time the third film opens. Adam DeVine brought the character back in 2022 for a spin-off series that sends him to Germany.

The Pitch Perfect 3 cast recorded the soundtrack's lead single with contestants from which TV talent show?

The Voice supplied the Top 12 singers of its thirteenth season for the mash-up, which was broadcast on the show in November 2017, a month before the film opened.

Cake by the Ocean, covered by the Bellas on the Pitch Perfect 3 soundtrack, was the debut single of which band?

DNCE, the band featuring Joe Jonas, took the song to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. He co-wrote it with Justin Tranter and the duo Mattman & Robin.

Which song by the Cranberries turns up in the riff-off medley on the Pitch Perfect 3 soundtrack?

Zombie was written by singer Dolores O'Riordan about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England. The riff-off strings it together with thirteen other hits.

What offer does the tour's headliner make to Beca in Pitch Perfect 3 that she at first hides from the Bellas?

Opening for him solo, without the other Bellas, is the offer. Beca turns it down and keeps quiet, until Fat Amy tells the group and they urge her to take the chance.

Which former 30 Rock writer created Pitch Perfect and shares the screenplay credit on Pitch Perfect 3?

Kay Cannon wrote all three films, then made her directing debut with the 2018 comedy Blockers. Tina Fey had brought her onto the sitcom's writing staff.

What real name does the whisper-quiet Lilly reveal at the end of Pitch Perfect 3 once she finally speaks up?

Esther is the name she gives, explaining that she had been possessed by Satan until the explosion snapped her out of it.

Which School of Rock screenwriter shares the Pitch Perfect 3 screenplay credit with the franchise's creator?

Mike White wrote later drafts of the script, as did Dana Fox, but only he joined the original writer in the credits. He went on to create The White Lotus.

Which actor, Anakin Skywalker in the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars, plays a soldier in Pitch Perfect 3?

Matt Lanter plays the Bellas' military guide on the tour. Before the film he was best known on screen as Liam Court in the CW series 90210.