Kirk DeMicco and John Cleese wrote the original screen story, but due to lack of process, they reworked the project into an entirely different movie called The Croods.
Alan Tudyk's first voice over role in a feature length film from a distributor not currently owned by Disney since Astro Boy (2009).
Based on the 1980 children's book "The Twits" by Roald Dahl. This is the first adaptation of the novel.
Co-director Phil Johnston is known for Les Mondes de Ralph (2012), Zootopie (2016) and Ralph 2.0 (2018), the latter for which he was nominated for an Oscar.