▁women ▁who ▁were ▁rom ant ically ▁involved ▁with ▁Wis ec ar ver , ▁so ▁their ▁names ▁were ▁changed ▁in ▁the ▁script . ▁The ▁pair ▁convinced ▁Peter ▁Bart , ▁who ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁head ▁of ▁Lor imar ▁Produ ctions ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁script , ▁but ▁nothing ▁ever ▁became ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁Seven ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Magazine ▁ran ▁another ▁“ Wh atever ▁happened ▁to ▁Son ny ▁Wis ec ar ver ” ▁story ▁and ▁this ▁time ▁produ cers ▁Kar en ▁Mack ▁and ▁Gary ▁Adel son ▁thought ▁it ▁would ▁make ▁a ▁good ▁movie . ▁Adel son ▁went ▁to ▁his ▁father , ▁Mer v ▁Adel son , ▁a ▁co - found er ▁of ▁Lor imar , ▁eventually ▁learning ▁from ▁his ▁father ▁that ▁Lor imar ▁already ▁owned ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁story . ▁Adel son ▁and ▁Mack ▁went ▁to ▁Phil ▁Ald en ▁Robinson ▁about ▁writing ▁the ▁screen play , ▁but ▁Robinson ▁said ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁interested ▁because ▁he ▁assumed ▁the ▁movie ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁te en ▁comedy . ▁After ▁reading ▁the ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Magazine , ▁Robinson ▁decided ▁he ▁would ▁write ▁the ▁screen play . ▁As ▁he ▁was ▁writing ▁the ▁screen play , ▁Robinson ▁also ▁lo bb ied ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁movie ▁as ▁a ▁first - time ▁director . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁working ▁title ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁The ▁W oo ▁W oo ▁Boy . ▁Robinson ▁stated ▁that ▁every ▁situation ▁that ▁was ▁port rayed ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁actually ▁happened ▁in ▁Son ny ' s ▁real