The film was initially titled The Problem with Providence.
Filming took place in Southport, North Carolina, between May 9 and June 11, 2022.
Filmed and presumed to take place in a coastal town (not an island) in North Carolina, not the well-known Providence Rhode Island (also not an island) as some Americans might think.
Simon Rex's character "Keith" uses a bicycle as his primary mode of transportation. Coincidentally in Red Rocket a bicycle is also his character's main transportation.