At 31 years old, Faryn Pearl became the youngest woman ever to direct a feature animated film.
This is the first original film that is completely made entirely at Dreamworks Animation Glendale without PDI's involvement, as the Redwood City location was shut down 8 years earlier due to company restructuring.
This is Dreamworks Animation's first film targeting to a teen and young adult demographic as opposed to the usual kids and family demographic on all of their films.
A total of 870 people are involved in the making of this film.
Margie Cohn, the president of Dreamworks Animation wanted 90s icon Phil Moore of Nick Arcade fame to be the voice of Uncle Brill, but Moore turned it down, citing it could bomb at the box office, and a lack of voice acting experience.