[2] For "Jorge", Hopkins won NYU's Wasserman Award—a US$100,000 grant towards filming another project—which went towards the production budget for Jump Tomorrow.
[3] The film received positive reviews from critics, but was only granted a limited release and never reached a wider audience.
[5] After writing and directing Jump Tomorrow, Hopkins said, "I'd been attached to films that haven't happened, as a director.
"[6] When Hopkins was being considered to direct the 2005 children's film Nanny McPhee, for which he was ultimately unsuccessful, he met with Emma Thompson, who had written the script and would star as the title character.
[2] After seeing her in a Broadway production opposite Dustin Hoffman, Hopkins decided to write a script to emulate the interpersonal chemistry which he had seen between the two actors.