At the time, Universal's management had changed in response to the box office failure of Babe: Pig in the City, and the loss led the studio to want to revisit its successful franchises from the 1930s.
U to vrijeme, rukovodstvo Universala se promijenilo zbog neuspjeha filma Babe: svinja u gradu na kino blagajnama, i gubitak je doveo do toga da je studio želio želio ponovno pokrenuti uspješne franšize iz 1930ih.