Three scenes featuring male frontal nudity were cut and censored for the R rated version. These were seen in the uncut festival release.
Rejected by the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW Film Festival. Speaking with IndieWire on the Sundance rejection, Oscar Boyson said, "I think that is such a damn shame, because this movie would have slayed at Sundance. Everybody goes to Sundance looking to bring a story back to wherever they're from about something that was new and fresh. That's what Sundance used to be: a place where all the Hollywood people would show up and be reminded that there's an audience for something that pushes the boundaries a little bit more. They took my short. I know it's not a Sundance film in quotation marks, but I was very disappointed they didn't think there was a spot for this very American movie that, for me, is so tied to the Sundance movies that I grew up with that were pushing the boundaries, like an American Psycho (2000).'"
Most shots of Solomon driving were filmed on actual Texas roads, with Asa Butterfield operating the vehicle. Butterfield, a native British driver, found it difficult to adjust to driving on the other side of the road while simultaneously delivering his lines and keeping the car within the frame.
Johnny Phantasam is a reference to the kids TV Show Danny Phantom
There was a real life shooter who killed 3 Coworkers in 2017 who was obsesed with the Show (2017 Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting)
There was a real life shooter who killed 3 Coworkers in 2017 who was obsesed with the Show (2017 Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting)
