Trey Parker was offered the chance to direct the film and was, according to Parker, offered $1.5 million for the job, but declined - he would create South Park (1997) instead with fellow colleague Matt Stone.
The only time a character (in this case Cody) shows hatred towards Barney.
The film is banned in Malaysia for being unsuitable for children in that country.
John Landis was asked by PolyGram to direct this film. They wanted Landis to do another movie for them, having done An American Werewolf In London (1981) for them 17 years earlier. But Landis turned it down because he was working on Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) at the same time and Landis even said that he had no interest into directing a children's film, especially with what happened with him on the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).
Trevor Morgan (Cody) would star in Jurassic Park III, another dinosaur-related film, which would also ironically feature footage of Barney in one scene.