The film was first announced in May 2023. David Mamet was set as director with a cast consisting of Courtney Love, Viggo Mortensen, Shia LaBeouf, Al Pacino, John Travolta and Rebecca Pidgeon. However, after delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and Barry Levinson retooling the project, half of the cast was replaced. Courtney Love would be replaced by Jessica Chastain, Viggo Mortensen would be replaced by Brendan Fraser, John Travolta would be replaced by Bryan Cranston and Shia LaBeouf would be replaced by Jared Leto, while Al Pacino remained in the cast.
This is Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain's first collaboration since Wilde Salomé (2011) & Salomé (2013).
This is Barry Levinson and Al Pacino's fourth collaboration together, their first collaboration was You Don't Know Jack (2010), the second was The Humbling (2014) and the third was Paterno (2018).