Ngokwengxelo ye-hollywood, inkampani yefilimu yepilisi yaqala ukusebenza kwicandelo lesibini lemibandela yefilimu "yebali elimnyama". Ngokutsho kolwazi olukhoyo, phantse iqela elinye liya kusebenza kwi-sequel, edale ifilimu yentsusa. Umlawuli uya kuba ngu-Andre opela, kwaye iskripthi siya kubhala uDan noKevin Heigman. UGuillermo Del Roro uza kuphuhlisa umxholo kunye necebo lokupeyinta, kodwa akaziwa ukuba uza kubuyela kwisithuba somvelisi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngelo xesha asebenza kwiprojekthi yakhe - ifilimu kuhlobo lwe-nuar "kwi-alley yemagazini enobusuku" kwinovezo yengca ye-william yengca.
Amabali okuqala "kwifilimu yokuqala yebali ebumnyameni" lakhutshwa ngo-Agasti ka-2019. Kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwezigidi ezingama-25, uqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidi kwi-ofisi yebhokisi. Ifilimu isekwe kumabali avela kwigama elifanayo leentsomi ezidolophini ze-Elvina Schwartz. Ingqokelela inamacandelo amathathu, nganye ivela kumabali angama-25 ukuya kuma-30 amabali, apho abahlanu kuphela ababandakanyiwe kwifilimu yokuqala. Ke ngoko, izikripthi ezilandelelayo zinokhetho olukhulu lwamabali asetyenzisiweyo kwinxalenye yesibini.