Trivia / Spirit Untamed

• Box Office Bomb: Budget $30 Million. Worldwide $42,636,215. It is the lowest grossing film of the studio, surpassing Trolls World Tour, The Road to El Dorado and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. Not to mention it has the lowest opening day in North America with $6.1 million.
• In Memoriam: This film was dedicated to Kelly Asbury, who directed the source material in 2002.
• The Other Darrin: Many Hollywood actors (some established, others up-and-coming) replace the voice cast from Riding Free:
  • Isabela Moner (and Bridget Hoffman as a baby) replaces Amber Frank as Lucky Prescott.
  • Jake Gyllenhaal replaces Nolan North as Jim Prescott.
  • Marsai Martin replaces Sydney Park as Pru Granger.
  • Mckenna Grace replaces Bailey Gambertoglio as Abigail Stone.
  • Julianne Moore replaces Kari Wahlgren as Aunt Cora.
  • Andre Braugher replaces Jonathan Craig Williams as Al Granger.
  • Eiza González replaces Natalie Otano as Milagro Navarro.
• Playing Against Type: Mckenna Grace is typically known for playing child prodigies or at the very least fairly intelligent young girls, such as Rose Harbenberger, Mary Adler, and Paige. Here, though her character Abigail seems to have been hit with Adaptational Intelligence, Abigail is still more of a ditzy comic relief.
• Preview Piggybacking: The trailer for PAW Patrol: The Movie was attached to many prints of this film. Coincidentally, both films star Marsai Martin.
• Recursive Adaptation: A film based on a TV show based on a film.
• Release Date Change: The film was previously scheduled for May 14, 2021 before being pushed back a month to June 4 in large part due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• So My Kids Can Watch:
  • It's been assumed that Jake Gyllenhaal took a role in this film and Spider-Man: Far From Home for his niece and goddaughter.
  • Even though they're grown-up for the most part, it can be argued that this is the reason for Julianne Moore's involvement.
  • Walton Goggins took a role in this film and Ant-Man and the Wasp for his young son. Of course, he's playing the Big Bad here.
• Spoiled by the Merchandise: The toyline spoiled Lucky's dress that she wears at the festival held at the end of the movie.
• Those Two Actors: This is the first collaboration between actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González. They are set to star alongside each other again in Michael Bay's Ambulance (2022), also distributed by Universal Pictures. Even better, they play a married couple in this film while, in the latter, Gyllenhaal plays one of the hostage takers while Gonzalez plays essentially the hostage.