Hayden Panettiere stated that she was thrown off the zebra and placed in the hospital with a concussion, whiplash, and two damaged vertebrae.
The Shetland pony Tucker (Dustin Hoffman) had to be painted brown during filming, because his real coat turned grey. Everyone was so surprised, but the animal trainers did a little touch-up with brown dye.
Director Frederik Du Chau had discussed the making of a sequel to the film and had written the script.
Frankie Muniz and Hayden Panettiere appeared on Malcolm (2000). Panettiere's real-life mom Lesley Vogel costarred with Muniz' "Malcolm" dad Bryan Cranston on Amoureusement vôtre (1983).
Reggie states "If you build it, they will come" while standing in the corn field. This alludes to the famous Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989) line "If you build it, he will come."