 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waNdira 23, 2017, Patrick McHale akaziviswa kuti anyore script na del Toro. Musi waAugust 31, 2017, del Toro akaudza IndieWire uye pa 74th Venice International Film Festivalkuti bhaisikopo racho rinoda mari inowedzerwa yemamiriyoni 35 emadhora kana kuti raizobviswa. Musi waNovember 8, 2017, akataura kuti chirongwa ichi hachiitike, nekuti hapana studio yaida kuchibhadhara. Pane imwe nguva, Matthew Robbins akafunga kuita firimu sefirimu re2D-animated nemuFrance muimbi Joann Sfar kuderedza mari, asi del Toro akazofunga kuti yaifanira kunge iri yekumira-kufamba, kunyangwe hazvo bhajeti rakakwira rakaita kuti zviome kuwana greenlight. Zvisinei, musi waGumiguru 22, 2018, zvakaziviswa kuti iyo firimu yakanga yamutswa, neNetflix ichiiwana. 