The film was originally slated to be a Disney+ exclusive. However, Disney Channel decided to have the movie premiere on their network first as they produced the film with partners Bowen & Sons, The Detective Agency & Bearclaw Productions. Only minor bits of dialogue and language were edited for broadcast. It was also the highest-viewed broadcast on kids' television that night, getting 182,000 views. Many people online praised the film for being more mature than most Disney Channel fare.
Debuted on Disney+ the same day as the second season of Peyton Elizabeth Lee's show Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021), of which Milo Manheim recurringly starred in.
This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to premiere during the Spring since Lemonade Mouth - Die Geschichte einer Band (2011) 12 years prior.
The first film to feature AI actors in the background.
Milo Manheim is the 20th actor to star in four or more Disney Channel Original Movies, including sequels. The previous actors to have had more than three DCOMs are Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Debbie Reynolds, Kirsten Storms, Lauren Maltby, Brenda Song, Raven-Symoné, Christy Carlson Romano, Lucas Grabeel, Olesya Rulin, Jason Dolley, Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Jedidiah Goodacre, Kylee Russell, Emilia McCarthy, Andrew Lawrence, and James Godfrey