This film raised funds for production through crowdfunding website Indiegogo with 860% ($1,720,151 USD ) of the target amount raised, by 20,204 backers by April 24, 2016. By the time of the premieres (in 2019, see below), the Indiegogo campaign had raised $2,402,740 USD from 28,400 backers, including sales of premiere tickets at two tier levels (regular and VIP).
Through the Indiegogo website crowdfunding campaign, backers could choose from a variety of "perks" for their contributions, including DVDs, Blu-Rays, and digital/electronic downloads/copies of the finished upon release, clothing such as hats, shirts, socks, scarves; housewares such as glassware and travel mugs, additional digital content such as movie posters, copies of the scripts of both the original short film and the final full-length film, access to all behind-the-scenes content, the live production journal, and more, such as being an extra in the film.
The now defunct mobile streaming service Quibi announced on December 10, 2019 that it is developing a Code 8 spinoff series starring cousins Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell. The film's director Jeff Chan will helm the Quibi series and write it with the film's scribe Chris Pare.
The title Code 8 apparently is short code for "Robbery in progress" or similar. One of the officers calls this out on the radio, when their transport is hijacked.