The first Asylum production to have a theatrical release.
When Emma, Seiji, and Lamar are interrogated, Baxter describes Emma as "a woman whose career is all washed-up." That's a reference to 'Debbie Gibson's music career, which reached its peak with the album Electric Youth in 1989, but floundered through the 1990s.
This was the first of the production company's series of "Mega Shark" features. At least three additional features were made with the Mega Shark monster.