Was initially set to air in the USA on ABC, presumably in 2010, but did not premiere there until 2013 on Ovation.
Executive producer David Wyler is the son of William Wyler, who directed Ben-Hur (1959) and was an assistant director on Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ (1925).
Christian Duguay was initially attached as director when the project was first announced. The budget was also meant to be bigger, set at 30 million dollars before being brought down to 22.5.