Trivia

Although she made her feature film debut as a child in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), this marks the first time as a young adult that Ali Astin plays opposite her father Sean Astin in a feature film.

While Ben Browder reprises his role of Max in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy, he also makes his feature film directorial debut.

Samantha Hanratty and Sean Astin reunite on the set of this film, after they had previously acted together most recently in Moms' Night Out (2014) and Amazing Love (2012). Hanratty also reunites with Drake Bell, having previously guest starred on Foam Finger (2005). Hanratty and cinematographer Charles Schner are no strangers either, as Hanratty worked in front of the camera as a recurring role on the hit WGN America series Salem (2014) while Schner operated Camera on many of the same episodes.

As is the case in many comic book movies, characters are often played by different actors in different installments. In the case of "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy," Sean Astin replaces Judd Nelson as Headmaster Nash, and Gina Gershon replaces Eloise DeJoria as the former Governor and in this installment Senator Wilkes.