The Manson Sisters were played by Rachel Piplica and Kristen Adolfi--better known as Iron Maven and Krissy Krash of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. The pair skated for the Hurl Scouts in the film and, in real life, skate for the Tough Cookies, the team on which the Scouts were based.

At one point in the film, Bliss Cavendar lies about being 22 instead of 17, which was Elliot Page's actual age at the time.

The movie is written by Shauna Cross, a former Roller Derby skater with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. She cross-skated under the name Maggie Mayhem with a team of rogue cops called the Sirens. Many of the teams, skaters, names, and plot lines are inspired by Cross' time with the Derby Dolls.

Elliot Page dropped out of Drag Me to Hell (2009) to be in this film.

This is the feature-film directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, who has been acting in feature films since age 5.