Jarrod had the idea to do a western right after he saw "Cowboys and Aliens." He had never directed a western before, but always want to make one when he was a kid due to his love of the Elvis Presley western "Flaming Star".
Although there was a scene written for a small Western town in the script for "Taken Blind", Jarrod had no location picked out to shoot those scenes. It wasn't until driving through South Dakota and seeing the signs for the 1880 Town that it was decided that's where those scenes would be shot.