During production cast and crew often referred to the film its codename, "Dinosaurs in Space".
The two men who inspired Luke Coalson and George Blas auditioned for the film. Neither received callbacks.
Originally a 118 page script, was cut down to just 77 pages in pre-production.
Ben is seen reading Tom Spanbauer's "The Man Who Fell in Love With The Moon" in the arboretum scene and Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" in the Little Grill Collective scene.
Inspired by true events. Pictures used of Ben's mother are pictures of the writer's real life mother.