A History on Motion Pictures/Development

Development began shooting in 1999 with Miramax, MGM and View Askew co-producing it. In 2005, the Weinstein brothers leave Miramax to create The Weinstein Company. Brett Ratner wrote the screenplay to RKO Pictures by 2006. In 2008, View Askew's deal with Weinstein expired after Zack and Miri Make a Porno was a failure and Smith formed its own distributor company SModcast Pictures and filming began on 2012 on the Weinstein Company studios in New York and the Miramax studios in Santa Monica, California. In November 4, 2013, RKO pushed the release date to January 3, 2014.