Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Akuhata 10, 2007, i kii a Reznor ka kawea e raatau te kaupapa ki nga whatunga pouaka whakaata i roto i te ngana ki te whakarite i tetahi kirimana: "Kei te tata matou ki te tuku ki te whatunga, no reira e rua wiki te tawhiti mai i te tutaki ki nga taangata nui katoa, a ka kite tatou he aha te mea ka tupu". Mai i te tuatahi o te whakapuaki i ana mahere mo te raupapa pouaka whakaata, kua puhoi te ahunga whakamua, e kiia ana na te 2007-2008 Writer's Guild strike
, engari i haere tonu. ko te minita i hua mai, i huaina hoki ko "Year Zero", i te whanaketanga me HBO me BBC Worldwide Productions, me te tuhinga me te tuhinga i tuhia e Reznor me te kaituhi "Carnivàle" a Daniel Knauf.