In this film Matthew Lawrence's characters name is Jake Hunter. Lawrence plays Jack Hunter in Boy Meets World (1993).
Matthew Lawrence previously had an uncredited and non-speaking cameo in Horse Sense (1999), the predecessor to this film.
The film was shot on location in Australia. Because there were local surfers on the beach that they were filming at, the crew had to sweep away footprints to make it look like a deserted island.
Matthew Lawrence swam and searched for lizards between takes.