In the original novel set in the Civil War, Papa March is an Army Chaplain. Since this version is produced by a Catholic organization, Paulist Productions, he was presumably changed to an Army Surgeon so that he would not be a married and therefore non-Catholic chaplain.
The film was released in 2018, the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" in 1868.
Michael Flynn previously played Lucas Grabeel's father in "Halloweentown"; in this movie, he plays his grandfather.
Strangely, the 1994 Little Women and the 2018 Little Women were rated PG, although this is G-rated material. It remains a mystery why 1994's was rated PG and not G. The MPAA description describes "two scenes of strong language." Still, this movie has no swear words or anything inappropriate for a family audience. Rumor has it that the studio pressured the MPAA to rate this PG for box-office and marketing reasons so this could be sold to a teenage girl audience, so the MPAA complied, even though this is a G-rated movie. (Curiously, the 2018 version of Little Women was also rated PG-13, but that had a scene of a woman giving birth topless from behind).
Lea Thompson and Lucas Grabeel previously worked together as mother and son in Freeform's (formerly known as ABC Family) family drama television series "Switched At Birth" (2011-2017).
Louisa May Alcott: Author cameo; a picture of her on the cover of a biography appears prominently on the bookshelf in the library where Jo and Freddy converse.