Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo besithetha nge «Thoba«, Ifilimu eya kukhokelwa ngu UDaniel Day-Lewis, umculo oza kuqondisa URob Marshall apho umdlali uza kudlala umlawuli odumileyo uGuido Contini.
Ngoku, ngubani ojoyina i-stellar cast yabasetyhini abakhokelayo Kate Hudson, Ojoyina iinkwenkwezi njenge UPenelope cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia loren, UNicole Kidman y UJudi Dench.
Ukhuthazwe yifilimu yeFellini "8 ½", "Ithoba" iguqulwe nguMichael Tolkin kwaye izakuqala ukufota ngo-Okthobha e-UK.