 In January 1975, it was announced that the film would be a joint venture between Raquel Welch Productions, Columbia Pictures and Monroe Sachson Productions with Raquel Welch playing the part of Chu Chu.Ron Talsky, who was dating Welch at the time, was set to produce the movie with Robert Merrill writing the screenplay.However, Columbia was nervous about Talsky producing the film and said they were re-evaluating the project.