The initial version of the script was written as a television mini-series for the Austrian broadcaster ORF .
When no co-producer who was willing to invest in the project had been found after five years had passed , Haneke decided to put the project on hold .
The initial version of the script was written as a television mini-series for the Austrian broadcaster ORF , but when no co-producer who was willing to invest in the project had been found after five years had passed , Haneke decided to put the project on hold .