Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to
I Will Follow You into the Dark from the song. The book series, "ghostgirl", references the song in the books. A parody of the song, entitled "I Will Follow You into the Abyss of Death", is featured in the 2007 film "Alvin and the Chipmunks". In the movie, protagonist Dave Seville (Jason Lee) pitches the tune to record company executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), who pans it after hearing only a few seconds, and then encourages Seville to abandon his songwriting career. I Will Follow You into the Dark "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie,