Mushure mekutenderera kusingaperi uye kutendeuka, iyo firimu yakavakirwa pane graphic novel rakagadzirwa nehukuru Garth Ennis naSteve Dillon iri kutora ruvara. Mwedzi mishoma yapfuura kubhadharwa kwe Sam Mendes, muhwina weOscar weAmerican Runako, somutungamiriri; uye mavhiki aya akawedzera John August, ndiani achange achitungamira kunyora script.
Mugadziri anotarisira chirongwa, Columbia Pictures akapa basa rescreenwriter kuti Johane August, inotarisira zvinyorwa zve Chitunha Mwenga naCharlie uye Chocolate Factory; uye iyezvino mugadziri we Muchinda wePezhiya: The Sands of Time, kugadziriswa kwemutambo wevhidhiyo wakakurumbira.
Komiki yakabudiswa muna 1995 na2000 uye ine zvinyorwa makumi manomwe neshanu. Inotaura zviitiko zve muparidzi weTexan ane rimwe zuva ane genesis, mwanakomana wemweya wengirozi nedhimoni, waachafamba naye United States, achirwa nemasimba ezvakaipa, ari pamwe chete neaichimbova musikana uye chidhakwa chidhakwa.
Nekusimbiswa kwazvino kwe John August, Sam Mendes, uyo akaramba achiratidza kufarira kwake kutanga kutora firimu, atotanga kufunga kuti firimu richange riri rei, kuti Iyo haisati yave nezuva rekukanda kana kuburitswa.