Many of the scenes involving Evan Francis were taken from an unfinished short film "The way too personal trainer"
Footage from the Frosted Mini Fears shorts "Snipe//Hunt" and "One New Voicemail" are shown. Both Frosted Mini Fears and Unhealthy Comedian are produced by Inanimate Object Productions.
When the film first began filming there was no exact ending in mind other than JD somehow someday losing weight. Once production resumed after it's hiatus it was discovered that the 5K fundraiser JD already agreed to run was happening a month after the Voice Party's 100th episode. The Director Phil Spruner decided that these events should be the culmination of the film and then focused the remaining filming around building to those events.
Production began late in 2019 shortly after the start of The Voice Party Podcast. Production was halted for over a year due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Director Phil Spruner eventually used the footage already shot as well as footage of the podcast and JDs stand up to create a trailer for how the finished film might look. This trailer was enough to motivate everyone involved to finish the film.