Umqondisi omkhulu Joe Wright, obhekene nokuBuyisana okumangalisayo, kubonakala sengathi usefinyelele isimiso esivumelana nalokhu Universal Isithombe y Isihloko Esisebenzayo ukudubula amafilimu amabili. Njengamanje uWright ubambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi ebizwa ngokuthi Ocula yedwa (Soloist), exhaswa yilezi zinkampani ezimbili zokukhiqiza ngaphezulu Amaphupho. Ocula yedwa luhlobo lwe-biopic Nathaniel Ayers, umfundi ovelele we UJuliard (i-conservatory ehlonishwayo yezobuciko obudlalwayo e-NY), okwathi ngenxa ye-schizophrenia abhekana nayo, kwadingeka ashiye lesi sikole esibalulekile futhi aphile njengomuntu ongenakhaya e-Los Angeles, emigwaqweni yakhe ayezinikele ekudlaleni i-violin ne-cello. Abalingisi bakhiwe UJamie Foxx, uRobert Downey Jr. kanye noCatherine Keener, futhi ukuqoshwa kuzoqala emasontweni ezayo.
