James Franco's and Tim Blake Nelson's third collaboration after As I Lay Dying (2013) and Child of God (2013).
James Franco's second encounter with Joey King, the first one being Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
James Franco previously directed and starred in As I Lay Dying (2013), also based on a William Faulkner novel and costarring Tim Blake Nelson, Ahna O'Reilly, and Danny McBride.