Iyo Miramax TV yakanyorwa munaMark Helvig yakatanga kuzivisa kuti chimwe chezvikamu zvakakosha zvehurongwa hwayo hwekuvandudza huchave shanduko yemafirimu eMiramax muTerevhizheni. Zvino ruzivo rwechiitiko chekutanga chazivikanwa. Zvinoenderana neiyo firimu Guillermo del Toro "Mutants" 1997 ichapfurwa neyenyaya. Pilot Episode achabvisa pasi U.S. Anderson, anozivikanwa mumativi efirimu "akaipa". Munyori, showranner uye mutungamiriri anogadzira ichave jim D. grey ("Hannibal", "Orange - kurohwa kwemwaka"). Mumwe mugadziri achange ari jeremy bolt, uyo akapedza mugadziri pamapuro akawanda eAnderson.
Anderson akataura nezve chirongwa ichi:
Nyika yeZvipembenene yagara iri yangu mutambo. Simba rakawanda uye sangano rezvisikwa izvi zvidiki izvo akararama kwenguva yakareba uye achararama kwenguva yakareba afa. Iyi inyika inofadza. Ndiri kufara kushanda pairi nevakaroorana vakaita saJim neMiramax.
Jim grey akataura nezvemazano ari pasi peanotevera nyaya:
Chete pakutanga kutarisa inyaya yezvipembenene. Zvinotyisa Muviri, Kushushikana NezveMumwe Munhu Mukati meUnhu Kwatiri, Kuramba kweSainzi, iko kukura kwekodzero dzega, izvi zvese zvichakurukurwa munhevedzano, izvo zvinobuda kuti nzanga inoparadzirwa sei nekupinda kwevanhu.
Iyo firimu "mutants" uye nhevedzano inotevera inoenderana nebasa reDonald Wallheim, ane zita remabhuku eRussia rinoshandurwa seMimikria.