Brian Lynch, ti a mọ tẹlẹ fun co-kikọ fiimu miiran ti Illumination, Hop (2011), bakanna bi DreamWorks Animation's Puss in Boots (2011), ni a beere lati kọ iwe afọwọkọ fiimu naa, nitori iṣẹ kikọ rẹ tẹlẹ fun itura ọgba iṣere ere idaraya Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.Ni Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọjọ 21, Ọdun 2012, a kede pe fiimu naa yoo tu silẹ ni Oṣu kejila Ọjọ 19, Ọdun 2013. Ni Kínní Ọjọ 2013, Sandra Bullock darapọ mọ ifiranṣẹ si Scarlet Overkill, pẹlu Jon Hamm ti o darapọ mọ oṣu meji lẹhinna bi ọkọ rẹ Overkill. Ni Oṣu Kẹsan Ọjọ 20, Ọdun 2013, ọjọ itusilẹ fiimu naa ni titari pada lati Oṣu kejila Ọjọ 19, Ọdun 2015, si Oṣu Keje Ọjọ 10, Ọdun 2015 nitori itẹlọrun Universal ti o ṣaṣeyọri pẹlu itusilẹ fiimu miiran ti Illumination, Hop (2011), bakanna bi DreamWorks Animation's Puss in Boots (2011), a beere lọwọ rẹ lati kọ iwe afọwọkọ fiimu naa, nitori iṣẹ kikọ rẹ tẹlẹ fun irin-ajo ọgba
Jon Hamm