Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig secretly made this movie. It was a surprise to many people when the announcement of the movie was leaked to the press.
On April 2, 2015, a day after it was made public that this movie would be released, Will Ferrell declared his disappointment that the "top secret project" became public. He said that he and Wiig decided to forego the project altogether, indicating that it wouldn't be released.
When the Hollywood Reporter broke the news of this secretly filmed movie on April 1, 2015, they had to point out that this announcement wasn't an April Fool's joke, since it was considered to be highly unusual for comedic actor and actress Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig to appear in a movie for the Lifetime channel, known for their overly-dramatic and serious female-oriented programs.
Part of Lifetime's 25th anniversary celebration of its movie franchise.
Screenwriter (and SNL alum) Andrew Steele said, "The writing is bad, but it was the very best I could do, and I think for Will and Kristen that was the best they could do with that writing." He said Lifetime did not entirely know that it was going be a satirical film.