When The Agent and The Publicist talk, The Agent says "What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening." Those are lyrics from a song in Jesus Christ Superstar, in which Ted Neely (The Publicist) played Jesus.
Though a follow up to The Devil's Carnival, the film will mostly center on God and his angels, who are described by Darren Lynn Bousman as darker than Lucifer and his carnies.
The Agent, though played by Adam Pascal, was written for Neil Patrick Harris.
Merrywood (Briana Evigan) is the only sinner from the first Devil's Carnival to return.
During the encore tour of the first Devils carnival, at San Francisco's Balboa Theatre, Terrence Zdunich was given a contract for a Persons Soul by a fan after the event.