Michelle Pfeiffer turned down the chance to star in this film because, at the time, the actress was in the process of relocating her family to Northern California.
Tim Daly and Tony Shalhoub previously played together in Wings (1990), as the former was the show's regular; while the latter is the recurring role before later upgraded to a regular.
Charles S. Dutton and Holt McCallany previously starred as convicts on Fiorina 161 in Alien³ (1992).