Was not originally planned to be the second Joshua Garcia-Julia Barretto (Joshlia) film. Their second film was originally Unexpectedly Yours (2017), but because of the change-up regarding their co-star Sharon Cuneta's onscreen partner for that movie, this film was put into production first. Unexpectedly Yours would later be shown in November 2017, three months after the premiere of Love You to the Stars and Back.

While walking through Mt. Milagros, Mika has her jacket wrapped around her waist; in the next shot when the helicopter appears above her and Caloy, she's wearing her jacket. She alternates between wearing the jacket and not, between closeups and wide shots having it on in between closeups and wide shots, until ending the scene wearing the jacket.