Ngokungena kade, njengoko imveliso iqalile kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo, UMonica Belluci sele eqalile ukudlala kwimiboniso yokuvula yoMfundi woMthakathi.
Ngokusekwe kumdlalo weFantasia wakudala, uMfundi weGqirha imiselwe ukuba ibe yenye yemiboniso bhanyabhanya enkulu yokuqala kulo nyaka uzayo, kwaye yaphule iofisi yebhokisi kwihlabathi liphela. Imuvi iya kuba Ikhokelwa nguJon Turteltaub kwaye iya kusekwa kwisixeko sangoku saseManhattan.
Abalingisi baquka uNicolas Cage, njengomkhafuli onobuchule ofundisa uqheliselo lobugqi kumfundi wakhe oselula, odlalwa ngabo UJay Baruchel. Nabo baya kwenza UToby Kebbell, njengomlingani womlingiswa weCage, kunye UAlfred Molina, kananjalo kwicala lababi. Kwelakhe icala, UMonica belluci Uya kudlala uVeronica, igqwirha eliya kwenza umlumbi ophambili athande; kwaye UTeresa Palmer uya kwenza okufanayo nge uBharuki.
El Umboniso bhanyabhanya uyenzeka eNew York, kunye nemveliso yeWalt Disney Imifanekiso, kwaye ipremiere yayo yehlabathi icwangciselwe ngoJulayi 16, 2010.