The film underwent a serious period of development hell and the deal for producing the film nearly went up in literal flames. During pre-production, one of the producer's planes crashed due to bad weather into the Colorado mountains and caught on fire upon crashing. Despite receiving severe burns and injuries, the producer miraculously survived and was rescued by firefighters. Among one of the few things to barely survive the crash fire was the producer's paper contract. Following the producer's survival and recovery, production on the film went forward.