Trivia

1. Creator Mark Schwahn originally wrote One Tree Hill as a feature-length project called Ravens.
2. Executive producers Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin, and Joe Davola spent four years convincing Schwahn to turn the movie into a TV series. 
   
3. Peyton's website, Punk & Disorderly, is still live on the internet. 
   
4. Haley has a huge arc surrounding her singing chops because Schwahn overheard Lenz singing in a parking lot and decided to give her character a singing career. 
5. The show title comes from the U2 song "One Tree Hill" from the Joshua Tree album. 
   
6. James Lafferty didn't have to fake too much to play Nathan. The actor was on his high school basketball team before being cast on One Tree Hill. 
   
7. One Tree Hill uncharacteristically jumped ahead four years to bypass college so the actors would play their own ages. 
   
8. One Tree Hill was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina, and you can visit a lot of the shooting locations still today. 
   
9. Sophia Bush was the last actor to finish filming One Tree Hill. 
   
10. The moment Nathan finally makes it to the NBA and has his first game with the Charlotte Bobcats was filmed in the Time Warner Cable Arena in front of real Bobcats fans.