Engxoxweni yakamuva nje, umbhali nombhali wesikrini uNeil Geiman waphawula ngokoqobo lwesikhathi sesithathu sochungechunge oluthi "Onkulunkulu baseMelika", besho ukuthi ukugcwaliswa kwephrojekthi kungathanda "okubi kakhulu". I-Playwright iveze ithemba ngokuvuselelwa kombukiso wesizini yesine, lapho le ndaba ingathuthukiswa khona, kepha lokhu bekungamiselwe ukusetshenziswa. Isiteshi se-Starz TV sivale iphrojekthi ngemuva kwezinkathi ezintathu.
Mayelana neqiniso lokuthi idrama ye-fantasy ayizange idluliselwe esizini yesine, uhlelo lwentatheli yaseHollywood lwatshelwa. Isizathu sokuvalwa kwephrojekthi kwakuyizilinganiso eziwile ezazincishile uma ziqhathaniswa nezinkathi ezimbili zokuqala ngo-65%. Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kokushicilelwa, isiteshi se-Starz manje sebexoxisana nesitudiyo se-fremantle esibandakanyekile ekwenziweni kochungechunge, ukuthi esikhundleni sefilimu emine yokugcina, asuse yonke imigqa yesakhiwo se-American onkulunkulu. Kodwa-ke, azikho izinhlelo ezithile zesiteshi se-TV sombukiso wesikhathi esizayo.
Khumbula, uchungechunge oluthi "Onkulunkulu baseMelika", ngokuya ngenoveli yenoveli yaseNila Gamean, yanyatheliswa esiteshini se-Starz TV kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2017. Izindima eziyinhloko ezikulo zenziwa nguRiki whittle, u-Emily Browning, usabe uBabaka, uBruce Langley, u-Ian Makshane, nomunye.