Kristofer Hivju was also in Force Majeure (2014), on which this film is based. However, he does not play the same role.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a big fan of Force Majeure (2014), and got director Ruben Östlund's blessing to make an English-language remake.
The film is a remake of Force Majeure (2014), which was inspired by The Fire (1994), in which George pushes a child and an old woman out of the way when a small fire breaks out at his girlfriend's son's birthday party. Julia Louis-Dreyfus appears in the episode, though not in the storyline that inspired the movie.
This is the first film to feature the Searchlight Pictures logo without the Fox name.
This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell's first film together. Despite being big names in comedy for years, they had never met prior to the movie.