This has been revised from The Dark Universe that Bill Condon was attached to direct because of the financial and critical failure of Die Mumie (2017).
David Koepp said this is his favorite script.
Angelina Jolie was courted to star in the film. Bill Condon is interested in seeing Gal Gadot play the titular character.
Sam Raimi was offered to direct the movie but chose to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) instead.