In October 2009, director Mitch Klebanoff was fired from the film. Even after his termination, Klebanoff continued to harm the production of the picture. He called Lucas Grabeel and made a series of misrepresentations to him as a result of which the producers encountered significant difficulties in securing the actor's cooperation in the following days. Further, Klebanoff called Elise Estrada's manager and made a series of misrepresentations to him, as a result of which the manager informed the producers that he would not allow the footage of Estrada singing or the other songs he had written for the picture he released. Further, Klebanoff began a campaign of abuse towards producer Jungho Han, sending him e-mails, text messages and calling him all hours of the day and night telling him that the picture could never be finished without him, and because of Klebanoff's connections with Sony, Sony would never approve a new director. Han, shaken by the barrage of abuse, agreed to allow Klebanoff to return to Vancouver, but he would only permit him to return if he agreed to a very strict act of conditions. Han insisted that Klebanoff could only return as a writer, that he would not be allowed on set and that he could not further disrupt filming. When he arrived, Han and the other producers attempted to place some conditions on his presence during filming. They met with Klebanoff off set and asked him to agree to some reasonable parameters and rules for his presence. Mr. Klebanoff refused to agree to any conditions on his presence, so the producers asked him to once again, return to Los Angeles.

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