▁where in ▁he ▁stated , ▁" I ▁walked ▁away ▁from ▁that ▁document ary ▁with ▁a ▁really ▁clear ▁idea ▁that ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁film ▁that ▁followed ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁and ▁stayed ▁with ▁their ▁point ▁of ▁view ." ▁Initial ly , ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁direct ▁the ▁film , ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁commission ed ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁screen play ▁before . ▁But ▁he ▁eventually ▁agreed ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁script , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁strict ▁blue print ▁for ▁what ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁do , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁remarked : ▁" This ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁he els ▁of ▁The ▁Help ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁... ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁different ▁movie ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁out ▁of ▁this ▁story ▁for ▁sure , ▁probably ▁one ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁much ▁more ▁successful ▁commer cially ." ▁Nich ols ▁under w ent ▁extensive ▁research ▁for ▁L oving , ▁such ▁as ▁meeting ▁Peg gy ▁L oving , ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁surv iving ▁child ▁of ▁the ▁Lov ings , ▁going ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁locations ▁relevant ▁to ▁the ▁story , ▁del ving ▁through ▁foot age ▁including ▁extended ▁inter views , ▁arch ival ▁foot age , ▁and ▁photograph s ▁from ▁Bu ir ski . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Screen ▁International ▁reported ▁that ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski ▁at ▁August a ▁Films , ▁Col in ▁F irth ' s ▁Rain dog ▁Films ▁and ▁Silver ▁Re el ▁are ▁developing ▁a ▁feature