Umlingisi weScotland uDavid Tennant, odume ngezindima eziyinhloko ochungechungeni lwe-TV "udokotela" nokuthi "abulale ogwini", kuzoholela ekwenziweni kwesiteshi esisha esijabulisayo esibizwa ngokuthi i-ITV Television. Le filimu ihlukaniswe izingxenye ezintathu izoyixoxa indaba kambulali we-serial ogama lakhe linguDennis Niellen.
Ngaphezu kwethenisi, iningi labanye abaculi abadumile lizodlala kwifilimu. UDaniel MACE uzogcwalisa indima yomhloli oyinhloko uPeter Jewe, kanti uJason Watkins uzofaka esikrinini Masters Screen Masters, owaba ngumbhali we-bielsen biography. Polly Hill, emelela incwadi yencwajana e-ITV, isiqalo se-DEB sathi:
Ifilimu lizoqala ngokuboshwa kukaNielsen. Sizoyibona ngamehlo amaphoyisa azozama ukubhekana nobugebengu obenziwe ngobugebengu futhi afinyelele ubulungiswa. UDavid Tennant uzobukeka emuhle emfanekisweni weNielsen. Ngokubambisana noDaniel noJason, bakha umxhwele olukhulu kakhulu.
Isimo esibhalwe ngu-Hatch Nale, ngokusekelwe encwadini yamakhosi abulale inkampani (okungukuthi, ukubulala "inkampani"), okuqukethe izingxoxo nge-trout mind nielsen. Alikho isikhathi sosha kanye nephoyisa, uNielsen, owaziwa nangokuthi uDes, waphila impilo enesizungu futhi wahlupheka ngenxa yokudangala. Esikhathini esizayo ngo-1978 kuya ku-1983, emzini wakhe enyakatho neLondon, wabulala okungenani abafana nezinsizwa eziyi-15. Ukuba ngamaphoyisa athunjiwe, watholwa enecala lokuboshwa.
Ukudutshulwa kwefilimu kufanele kuqale esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, futhi i-Premiere yakhe izoba ng ngonyaka olandelayo.