Director Joyce Bernal has to give up two movies to direct this film. She was initially tapped to direct Torky and My Little Bossing and the third Kimmy Dora movie (she directed the two previous films), which like this movie, are also entries to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2013. The festival only allows one entry for one director. She gave up the two other movies, saying this movie was offered to her first.
The movie is inspired by events that transpired when Sen. Panfilo Lacson went into hiding and became a fugitive in 2010.