Amahemuhemu ayezwakala isikhathi eside mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka ukwenziwa kabusha kwe-sci-fi yakudala ethi "Total Challenge", okulingisa kuyo u-Arnold Schwarzenegger, kanye neColumbia Pictures isimemezele ukuthi isinomqondisi wayo, uLen Wiseman.
Njengoba umongameli weColumbia Pictures eshilo:
“ULen ungumthandi omkhulu walolu hlobo futhi unethalente elihle lokwenza izinto. Izoletha ukuphenduka kwefilimu ngenkathi igcina yonke into esiyithandayo endabeni yokuqala ka-Philip K. Dick. "
Nokho, umqondisi wathi ngakolunye uhlangothi:
“Bengilokhu ngiyithakasela le ndaba emfushane kaPhilip K. Dick, futhi kuyangijabulisa ukujula ngokujulile ngohlobo lomhlaba oluvusayo kanye nemibuzo eluphakamisayo. Ngithanda ukuthi imfihlakalo ebalulekile umlingiswa wethu abhekene nayo ngeyomphefumulo wakhe. "