The fictional book cover after which the title is named, 'Reach Me' was painted by Sylvester Stallone.
Sylvester Stallone and Terry Crews have appeared together in the Expendables trilogy (The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014)), in addition to Kelsey Grammer appearing in the third film.
The film cast includes four Oscar nominees: Danny Aiello, Tom Berenger, Sally Kellerman and Sylvester Stallone.