By Mike Seymour:

Online there have been reports the whole 95 min final film cost only $2 million. This is not correct. “That is a myth I’d like to dispel,” says visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel. “Originally when it first came out as a concept yeah someone said we’d like to do this for $2 million, but after a few weeks of talking about it that simply wasn’t enough to put together a proper crew. For that it would have to literally be shot in someone’s backyard,” he jokes. “That figure may have been where the studio started out but that was quickly not seen as an adequate budget.”