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[[David Hahn]], the boy depicted in the 2003 made-for-television documentary ''The Nuclear Boy Scout'', was the inspiration for the antagonist Derek Frost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ca.io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code |title=Duncan Jones tells us what really happened at the end of ''Source Code'' |website=[[io9]] |access-date=May 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813005823/http://ca.io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code |archive-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> In an article published by the [[Writers Guild of America]], screenwriter [[Ben Ripley]] is described as providing the original pitch to the studios responsible for producing ''Source Code'':<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4583 |title=Practice Makes Perfect |website=[[Writers Guild of America]] |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015102641/http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4583 |archive-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
{{blockquote|When Ripley first came up with the idea for ''Source Code'', in which government operative Colter Stevens repeatedly relives the eight minutes leading up to a terrorist train bombing in hopes of finding the bomber, he had no intention of writing it on spec. Having established himself in Hollywood largely doing "studio rewrites on horror movies", he felt a solid pitch would do the trick. Unfortunately, it didn't. "I sat down with a few producers, and the first couple just looked at me like I was nuts", confesses Ripley. "Ultimately, I had to put it on the page to make my case."}}
The original [[spec script]] was originally sold to [[Universal Pictures]] in 2007 but was ranked on [[The Black List (survey)|The Black List]] of top unproduced screenplays.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|title=The Hottest Unproduced Screenplays of 2007|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-hottest-unproduced-screenplays-of-2007/|accessdate=15 June 2011|newspaper=Slash film| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110623171955/http://www.slashfilm.com/the-hottest-unproduced-screenplays-of-2007/| archivedate= 23 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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