Nyika yemabhaisikopo nemakomiki iri kukura. Kwemakore akati wandei ikozvino, "boom" yekuunza zvinyorwa zvekomisiki kune hombe skrini yanga ichikwira, pamwe kutanga neX-Men, Spiderman, nhasi huwandu hwepamusoro hwemabhaisikopo ane kwaanobva mukomiki.
Mugadziri mukuru Warner Bros. akahaya Brad Ingelsby kuti ashande pakugadzirisa komiki uye kuishandura kuita script yefirimu. Kurara yakanyorwa muna 2003 naEd Brubaker nehunyanzvi naSean Phillip, rakabudiswa neDC Comics.
Inotaura nyaya ye Holden muvezi, mumwe murume anobatanidzwa nemafia uyo ari chaizvoizvo mumiririri ane utsinye akapedza makore 4 ari pamishoni, ane firimu noir style uye anosanganisira vatambi vane unyanzvi hunopfuura hwevanhu.
Iyi firimu ichagadzirwa naSam Raimi, yakabatanidzwa mukugadzira kune director Ridley Scott uye mutambi leonardo dicaprio. Nekune rumwe rutivi, zvakataurwa kuti Tom Cruise ari kufarira firimu, tichaona zvichaitika uye ndiani anozopedzisira apinda muchitima cheSleeper.