Nicolas Cage was set to play Tony Kristis and Werner Herzog was directing ,shooting was scheduled to take place in August 2024 but for production reasons it was delayed to early 2025 then Cage couldn't do it due to his commitment with Amazon Studios and Herzog was not interested in directing the film without Cage, both filmmakers were replaced.
Colman Domingo started working on this movie after completing his 2 days of filming on The Running Man (2025).
Gus Van Sant collaborated with Bill Skarsgard's father Stellan Skarsgard on Good Will Hunting (1997).