 In May 2019 Dutch producer Jan Doense and director Jeffrey De Vore confirmed that the project was in production with the full cooperation of Maas himself.Dick Herman Willem Maas was born on 15 April 1951 in Heemstede in the Netherlands.Maas is married to fellow film director Esmé Lammers, a granddaughter of Max Euwe, World Chess Champion 1935–1937.