The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by the film's director Nick Moran.

Director Nick Moran was linked to the project after being approached by development producer Mark Thomas who wrote the screenplay with Kevin Lewis.

The two of them watched Moran's debut feature with executive producer Stephen May at Mayflower Studios.

[citation needed] Various locations were scouted, including Lewis' home estate in New Addington, south of London, but it was ruled out due to the distance.

The main locations were filmed on the South Oxhey council estate, on the borders of North London and Hertfordshire; however on the first day on set the filming was disrupted by the Criminal Investigation Department removing a dead body from the local woods.