There is no complete harmony between the movie and the book. For example, Finn, Raven, Jasper and Murphy characters are not in the book.
Eliza Taylor was working hard to avoid the Australian accent.
All of the wooded scenes are actually shot in the forest. Green background is not used. Many of the scenes are shot in Canada.
Paige Turco, who plays the character of Abby in the series, also starred in the Ninja Turtles series.