This is the first hand-drawn animated film to be produced by DreamWorks Animation since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003).
This is the first film to be produced by DreamWorks Shorts, a program of DreamWorks Animation designed for two purposes: 1.) to create brand new animated short films for DreamWorks Animation; and 2.) to identify and develop emerging talent within the company, advance storytelling and artistic skills, innovate new technologies, create unique collaborations, and explore new characters and stories for possible feature film development.
The fifth DreamWorks Animation's short film to be rated G by the MPAA, after The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005), First Flight (2006), Almost Home (2014) and Panda Paws (2016).
This is UK on 2018 of The Grinch.