Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Bishii Meey 14, 2007, NBC waxay ku dhawaaqday inay daaha ka qaadi doonto lix qaybood oo "Geesiyaal" ah oo la yiraahdo "Geesiyaal: Asal ahaan" inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedkii 2007-08. Bandhigga ayaa lagu soo bandhigi lahaa dabeecad cusub toddobaad kasta, daawadayaashu waxay dooran lahaayeen midka sii joogi doona xilli ciyaareedka xiga ee taxanaha caadiga ah. Bandhigga ayaa la filayay in la sii daayo ka dib dhammaystirka xilli ciyaareedkii labaad ee "Heroes" bishii Abriil 2008; si kastaba ha noqotee, Oktoobar 31, 2007, waxaa la sheegay in "Origins" dib loo dhigay sababo la xiriira shaqo joojinta Writers Guild of America
Waxaad Kring wuxuu ku sheegay wareysi uu bixiyay in qeybta koowaad ee "Origins" ay ahayd in la muujiyo sirta iyo macnaha ka dambeeya astaanta Helix. Si kastaba ha noqotee, sababo la xiriira WGA Strike, Kring wuxuu faallo ka bixiyay in sirta ay tahay in la muujiyo khadka. Kring wuxuu shaaca ka qaaday inuu qori doono qeybta koowaad ee "Origins", iyo in John August loo shaqaaleysiiyay inuu qoro qeyb kale. Director Kevin Smith, oo ah taageere ka tirsan "Heroes", ayaa loo qoondeeyay inuu qoro oo uu hogaamiyo qayb ka mid ah filimka, sida Eli Roth iyo Michael Dougherty. Bishii Abriil 3, 2008, maalin ka dib markii NBC ay ku dhawaaqday jadwalka ugu sarreeya ee 2008 <unk> 2009, Ben Silverman wuxuu xaqiijiyay joojinta "Origins".