In the scene where Mike and Armando are squaring up, Marcus instructs them to break apart on the count of three. Both Mike and Armando break on two, something Mike does repeatedly throughout the previous films.
Quite unusually, the movie was released barely three months after the completion of filming. It's more typical for major action movies to complete filming a year or more ahead of release, if only to handle all the post-production work, but in this case, all of the most complicated sequences were finished prior to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, so the directors and crew were able to finish nearly the rest of the film before the remaining scenes were shot in early 2024.
Social media personality Khabane "Khaby" Lame appears as a pedestrian in the scene where Marcus walks into traffic.
Joyner Lucas appears in this film as a gang leader who captures Mike (Smith) and Marcus (Lawrence). Joyner has previously expressed great affection for Will Smith, releasing a song and music video called "Will" where he portrays some of Smith's most famous characters. Smith even contributed a feature verse on a remix of the song.