Yaziwa ngokuthi u-Ovva ukuqinisekisile ukuhlanganyela kwakhe ethukweni "wakhuza abafileyo", okuzoba enye i-Hollywood version yomlando wasendulo we-Frankenstein. Kwifilimu esekelwe kumahlaya uStephen Nales, ama-gostion azodlala uViktor Franklin - umfundi wasekolishi oqhuba izivivinyo ezinyanyekayo ezivela emikhawulweni yokufa komuntu. Umqondisi womdwebo uzoba uJay Russell ("Iqembu", "Iqembu 49: Izitebhisi zomlilo").
"Yakha abafileyo" umaka ukubuya komlingisi ku-movie enkulu ngemuva kweholide elide elikhethekile, elihlala kusukela ngo-2003. Eminyakeni engu-8 edlule "Ingane Engapheli" yavunza uchungechunge lwemidlalo yevidiyo "Umbuso wezinhliziyo" futhi ngezikhathi ezithile ivele emidwebo engaziwa ("indlu yeziqhwaga" ngo-2007), ngokufana nokugcina izifundo zakhe ekolishi. Manje i-Omment eneminyaka engama-23 ibuyela eHollywood ngediploma yeNew York University, izindima zemithwalo kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene. Uma ubheka incwadi ethi "Yakha Abafileyo", kubonakala sengathi ngemuva komhlathi "wesithupha" ulungele ukusabisa futhi.
Ukuma kwakhe ekuxabaneni okuthuthumela noBruce Willis kanye neqhaza le-Pinocchio Robot "engqondweni yokufakelwa" kugcwaliswe kabusha amadola ayizigidi eziyikhulu amadola ayizigidi eziyikhulu amadola. Uma uqhathanisa la manani ngama- "rustic bears", aqoqa ingqikithi yezigidi eziyi-18, konke kucaca kakhulu. Izindima zezidalwa ezingaphezu kwemvelo zingenxa ye-tuplopaev efunwa kakhulu yesifundazwe. Ngakho-ke ubudala abavuthiwe, nakanjani, akuvimbi ukuthi uHalley Joel ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe ngempumelelo.