Tanner Craft was cast two days before production began. The original actor had to be cut from the film due to a conflicting schedule.
Based on an idea that Joseph Vrenick came up with at 2 AM while watching the classic "Soda, OJ, Purple Stuff" commercial for Sunny D back in March of 2016.
A feature film was written before the short was written. The story and details of the actual Purple Stuff had to drastically be toned down and the only character from the feature that made it into the short was Gina.
Joseph Vrenick reached out to two of his idols (Jay Bauman and James Gunn) for advice/words of wisdom before shooting the movie. Bauman was the only one to respond to him, tweeting "It's only gonna get worse. Good luck."
An alternate cut of the movie was released on December 7th 2018, which was edited by the films cinematographer and co-editor, Mason Vitro.