Woody Harrelson scrimmaged with a local high school girls' soccer team on two Saturday mornings and one Sunday afternoon while staying in Greenwood during filming.
While many of the buildings used in filming were already built, the crew did build and add-on to some buildings used in filming.
This movie was filmed in Greenwood, Mississippi, the same small town in which The Help (2011) was filmed.
This movie was heavily filmed in Florewood, a state park that closed down in 2004.
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2009 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.