This was originally intended as a pilot for a weekly series, but it was never picked up.
Following ABC passing on the pilot, UPN was asked to pick up the series. However, they declined after Lawson earned a role on It's All Relative (2003)
Maggie Lawson shares the same birth year as Sarah Shahi , who portrayed Nancy in the 2016 CBS pilot, Drew (2016) . In addition, both actresses also shared the screen together on Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers (2010)
The author of most of the original Nancy Drew series published in the 1930s and 1940s died in 2002, the year of this movie. She is given a special mention at the end of show: "Dedicated to Mildred Wirt Benson who wrote the original Nancy Drew books under the pen name Carolyn Keene 1906 - 2002".