The film was released in 2018, the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" in 1868.
In the original novel set in the Civil War, Papa March is an Army Chaplain. Since this version is produced by a Catholic organization, Paulist Productions, he was presumably changed to an Army Surgeon so that he would not be a married and therefore non-Catholic chaplain.
Michael Flynn previously played Lucas Grabeel's father in "Halloweentown"; in this movie, he plays his grandfather.
Lea Thompson and Lucas Grabeel previously worked together as mother and son in Freeform's (formerly known as ABC Family) family drama television series "Switched At Birth" (2011-2017).
Clare Niederpruem's directorial debut.
Louisa May Alcott: Author cameo; a picture of her on the cover of a biography appears prominently on the bookshelf in the library where Jo and Freddy converse.