Tanggal 10 Februari 2014 diumumkan bahwa [[Jack Black]] dan [[James Marsden]] akan membintangi sebuah film komediyang disutradarai oleh [[Jarrad Paul]] dan Andrew Mogel, di mana Black's Electric Dynamite memproduseri bersama [[Mike White (filmmaker)|Mike White]]'s RipCord Productions dan Ben Latham-Jones, serta [[Barnaby Thompson]] dari [[Ealing Studios]].<ref name="TheHollywoodReporter"Jack-James>{{cite webnews|last=KitSneider|first=BorysJeff|title=Jack Black and, James Marsden to Star in High School Reunion Comedy ''The D Train''|url=http://www.hollywoodreporterthewrap.com/news/jack-black-james-marsden-star-678987high-school-reunion-comedy-d-train|workaccessdate=TheMarch Hollywood19, Reporter2014|accessdatenewspaper=MayThe 13Wrap|date=February 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Jack-James"TheHollywoodReporter">{{cite newsweb|last=SneiderKit|first=JeffBorys|title=Jack Black, and James Marsden to Star in High School Reunion Comedy ''The D Train''|url=http://www.thewraphollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-black-james-marsden-star-high-school-reunion-comedy-d-train678987|accessdatework=MarchThe 19,Hollywood 2014Reporter|newspaperaccessdate=TheMay Wrap|date=February 1013, 2014}}</ref> Pengambilan gambar dimulai pada 17 Maret 2014, di [[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news|last=P. King|first=Kevin|title=Caucasian Male, height 5'6 or shorter, to work as a stand in for ''THE D TRAIN'' on Monday in Metairie, LA.|url=http://thesoutherncastingcall.com/2014/03/15/caballero-casting-llc-now-casting-caucasian-male-height-56-or-shorter-to-work-as-a-stand-in-for-d-train-on-monday-in-metairie-la|accessdate=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Southern Casting Call|date=March 15, 2014|archive-date=2014-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024010421/http://thesoutherncastingcall.com/2014/03/15/caballero-casting-llc-now-casting-caucasian-male-height-56-or-shorter-to-work-as-a-stand-in-for-d-train-on-monday-in-metairie-la/|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Kemudian pada 19 Maret, Black melakukan pengambilan gambar di [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite news|title=''The D Train'', starring Jack Black and James Marsden, filming underway in Louisiana|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2014/03/19/d-train-starring-jack-black-and-james-marsden-filming-underway-in-louisiana|accessdate=March 19, 2014|newspaper=On Location Vacations|date=March 19, 2014|archive-date=2016-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315164038/http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2014/03/19/d-train-starring-jack-black-and-james-marsden-filming-underway-in-louisiana/|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Sesuai jadwal Black, pengambilan gambar dilakukan hanya dalam waktu 21 hari.<ref>{{cite news|title='The D Train' writer/directors deliver a big twist in a movie that almost didn't get made|url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/05/06/42733/the-d-train-writer-directors-deliver-a-big-twist-m/|accessdate=May 11, 2015|newspaper=The Frame|date=May 6, 2015}}</ref>
