By taking on a role in this film, Jonah Hill had to drop out of Quentin Tarantino's Hành Trình Django (2012), a part he had regarded as the perfect stepping stone for him to legitimatize his credentials as a dramatic actor. Various delays in production on Tarantino's project meant that Hill was still able to appear in the movie.
Jared Stern wrote the screen story in 2008 with a teen audience in mind. The writing duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were later brought in to convert the story to an R-rated script.
Akiva Schaffer: During the orgy scene, with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone, his teammates from The Lonely Island.