The film was initially going to debut exclusively on Disney+, but later changed to a limited theatrical release on May 31, 2024, to tie-in with the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The film was initially produced by Paramount Pictures with Lily James set to star, until the rights were acquired by Walt Disney Pictures with Jerry Bruckheimer and Jeff Nathanson still attached to the project.
The first Disney film distributed by Jerry Bruckheimer Films since 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
One of the cast members - Peter Stoychev who plays 'English channel swimmer #1' is a Bulgarian swimmer who broke the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel in 2007 and held it for five years between 2007 and 2012.