Producer Wendy Finerman and studio executive Kevin Jones had independently read the book and felt that it had potential, so they teamed up to get the movie produced by Warner Bros, who had optioned it. However, Warner felt that the project had lost its commercial promise in the wake of Rain Man - L'uomo della pioggia (1988), so Finerman had 18 months to get the film made at another studio. Paramount eventually got the rights to this film in 1988 in exchange for the rights to Decisione critica (1996), and was eager to make it after Tom Hanks got on board. But just when the film was about to start production, there was a regime change at the studio. Fortunately, new head of Paramount Sherry Lansing also loved Eric Roth's screenplay, although they eventually lowered the initial $55 million budget by $10 million.

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