I-Studio Lisa Uvuyo noJonathan Nolana, abadabi baseNtshona "baseNtshona" baya kubandakanyeka kwimveliso yoluhlu lwenoveli ngemifanekiso yeHBO. Umgcini wesikrini kunye nomhlobini weprojekthiya kuba nguDinari, ngaphambi kokuba imeko yehlabathi "lasendle lasentshona", "kwaye" ngelixa elizayo." Ixesha lokukhutshwa koluhlu kwaye isenzo esenziwayo akeziswa.
UMichael Kruton kuphela kombhali owenza imisebenzi ngaxeshanye waba linani lokuqala kwiimovie, kumabonwakude nakwincwadi yokupapasha. Ngo-1994, baba yifilimu ethi "Ipaki yexesha eliJurassic", uthotho "lwe-ambulensi" kunye neNoveli ". Inoveli "yenoveli" yabhalwa ngo-1987. Isixelela malunga nokufunyanwa kwe-spacecraft kumgangatho wolwandle. EBekiweyo inqanawa, indawo ifunyenwe-umxholo wokufakelwa kwemvelaphi yoThola-mthetho, ekwaziyo ukubethelela amaphupha afihliweyo abantu kunye nemibono. Emva kokuba elinye lamalungu ophando lophando lingene kwinqanaba, i-pronomena engaqhelekanga iqala ukubakho.
Ngo-1998, i-Warner bros. Sele inoveli ekhuselekileyo. I-Barry Levinson ("Indoda yemvula") idutyulwe kwindima ephambili ye-pirina hoffman, ilitye leSharon, Samuel L. Jackreiber. Ifilimu ibonise iziphumo ezibuthathaka ngokwaneleyo kwiofisi yebhokisi, kunye nobunzima bokudlala uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali.