This film marks the directorial debut of actor Fred Savage. He was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. This is the only feature film he has ever directed.
This film was originally produced as a direct-to-DVD release (which is why this had a much lower budget than its predecessor). Sony changed their minds, and the film was given a theatrical release because test screenings for the film went extremely well.
Delivered to theaters with the fake title 'A Winning Group.'
Fred Savage the director of the film and Brian Doyle-Murray who played Uncle Morty previously worked on Le livre de la jungle: L'histoire de Mowgli (1998) as the narrator and Baloo, respectively.