Images of Bill the Cat from cartoonist Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County strip appear among Hitpig's bounties and also on a makeshift parachute.
Jason Sudeikis takes over from Peter Dinklage as the voice of Hitpig. Both actors had leading voice roles in The Angry Birds Movie (2016) and its sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).
Derived from an original concept by Berkeley Breathed and drawing upon his 2008 children's book Pete & Pickles.
The project was first developed at DreamWorks Animation in 2016.
Rainn Wilson's third animated feature, following Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), both of which saw him again voicing the principal antagonist.
Experienced voice actor Charlie Adler appears as one of the principal cast members in his first feature-length film that is not adapted from animated material he had previously worked on.
Lilly Singh's third animated feature, following Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and The Bad Guys (2022).
Dave Rosenbaum's first animated feature not produced by Illumination Entertainment.
When Pickles checks into a hotel in London, the carpet is identical to the one seen in the hotel featured in The Shining (1980).
In the scene where Hitpig leaps onto a hot-air balloon as a number of balloons are released, a balloon version of Red from Angry Bird appears in the background. Both Hitpig and Red are portrayed by Jason Sudeikis.
