I-Gary Ross, ngaphambi koko, irhoxisiwe 'imidlalo elambileyo, "yatsho ukuba iza kushenxisa intlawulo ngesitayile esifanayo kunye ne-trilogy efanayo evela eStephen Gelberg.
"Uyamazi uStephen UThixoberg kwaye ndihlala nabahlobo abasenyongweni, kungenjalo ndingayi kuthatha imveliso. Akunakulindeleka ukuba abe nayo iprojekthi ukuba iwile ngezandla zabanye abantu. Olu lwandiso lwehlabathi kunye nokuqhubeka kwembali. Uya kuvelisa ifilimu. Ngokwemvelo, wonke umntu unotata wayo, kwaye ke uya kuziva umahluko, kodwa uStefano wadala ithoni endezekile, kwaye sihlala sixoxa. Sazitshintsha izimvo kwi-quinematography, indlela yokudubula, isingqisho secandelo, ufakelo kunye nomculo. Xoxa ngazo zonke iinkcukacha ezincinci. Ewe kunjalo, andizukutshintsha umoya woludwe, kodwa ngolonwabo olukhulu kwaye ihlonipholo ndiza kusebenza kulwando lwayo. "
Ngokutsho kweGalry Ross, ifilimu entsha ayizukuphinda ibe lixabiso, kodwa kukuqhubeka kwalo "zihlobo zingcwele zeOsunan" kwaye ziya kufumana igama elithi "abahlobo abasibhozo be-Osouna" - kuwo, nangoko bangabi ngabalinganiswa abayi-11, kodwa yi-8 kuphela.
Kucingelwa ukuba iindima eziphambili kwifilimu ziya kudlala i-sandra inkunzi yenkomo, kate Blanchett, e-Elizabeth Banks, I-Teley Karting Bonmem Carter. Ukudubula kuya kuqala ekuweni ko-2016. Ngokwe-cerce ye-sandra yefilimu, uya kubonisa udade Danny Ooni olwenziwe ngaphambili. Lineqabane layo elithembekileyo (iBlanchett), uqokelela iqela leqela ukuba libe ne-gala kwaye lithathe indawo yomnini wegalari yobugcisa.