Ngokusho kwezinhlobonhlobo, isiteshi se-HBO TV esiyalelwe ukukhiqizwa kwe- "ndodana" mini-uchungechunge ngokususelwa kwinoveli yombhali waseNorway waseN. NESBE. Iqhaza eliphambili kwifilimu lizokwenziwa nguJake Gillenhol, ngenkathi usihlalo wephrofetha lephrojekthi ezothatha uDenis Vilnev ("Ukufika", "egijima eBlade 2049", "Dune"). Ngokuqondene nabakhiqizi, bazokwenza u-Lisa Joy noJonathan Nolan, obizwa ngokuthi umbukiso wezwe lasendle entshonalanga.
Incwadi ethi "Indodana" ifakiwe emjikelezweni womphenyi okhazimulayo ogama lakhe linguHarry Hall. Njengomthombo woqobo, ifilimu izolandisa ngomlutha wezidakamizwa uSony Lofthus, ochitha iminyaka eminingi ngemuva kwemigoqo e-Oslo, kepha anqume ukuphunyula lapho iqiniso lembulwa lapho iQiniso lembulwa ngobaba wakhe oshonile. Kuvela ukuthi lo muntu akazange aguqekile ngamaphoyisa enkohliso, kodwa wafuna ukuthola isigebengu sangempela phakathi kozakwabo. U-Showranner "indodana" nomlobi wesimo esivumelanayo kuzoba uLenor Zion, ngaphambi kwalokho, obesebenza kuleyo mbukiso njengoba uRay Donovan nezigidigidi.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uGyllenhol wayengumqambi wokuzivumelanisa nezimo zendodana, okwathi ebunganezini endala kwamema i-Villenev kule phrojekthi. Khumbula ukuthi ngaphambi kwalokho, uGillanol wabeka inkanyezi eVilnev "eziboshwa" kanye "nesitha". Ekuqaleni, i-duet ibizokhipha ifilimu eligcwele ubude, kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yanqunywa ukuthi igxile kwifomethi yochungechunge lwe-mini.