I-Apple TV + iveze ngokusemthethweni ukukhishwa kochungechunge lwe-mini-uchungechunge "ukuvikela uJacob", okusekelwe kumbhikisho wase-William Landy, oshicilelwe ngonyaka ka-2012. UChris Evans noDichel Dokotela bazodlala ifilimu kwifilimu - bazodlala umbhangqwana oshadile, osolwa babo, babo abaneminyaka engu-14 ubudala basolwa ngokubulala umfundi afunda naye. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi umfana uzodlala uJayden Martell, owaduma ngesinye sezindima eziphambili kusona "kuyinkosi" kuStephen King. Induna yeziqephu ezintathu zokuqala zochungechunge izoba ngo-Ephreli 24, kuyilapho wonke mbukiso we-TV uzoba neziqephu eziyi-8.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi "Ukuvikela uJacoba" kuzoba yifilimu yesibili ngokulandelana, lapho u-Evans noMell bezovela khona esikrinini ndawonye - ngaphambi kokuthi badlale emphethweni "wokuthola imimese". Ukuphawula ngokubamba iqhaza kwabo ochungechungeni lwe-TV oluzayo, kusho u-Evans:
Kwesinye isikhathi ngingaba ngenhla, ngakho-ke ngivame ukungaphuthumi ngokukhethwa kwezindima ezintsha. Kepha nale phrojekthi, konke bekuhlukile: Mina ngangibuyile kuye, ngoba lo mbono wawukhanyiselwe ngokuqinile ekhanda lami. Lapho ngichitha izingxoxo zokuqala nabadali bochungechunge, nganginomuzwa wokuthi ngokuqinisekile ngizodlala kule filimu.
I-Showranner "Ukuvikela uJacob" kuzoba uMark Bombek, kanti isihlalo somqondisi kuzothatha uMkhosi uTildium, odume ngemidwebo enjalo ngokuthi "umdlalo wokulingisa" kanye "nabagibeli".