Ukulwa phakathi UBrad Pitt y U-Edward Norton Ukusweleka kwabo kwi "The Fight Club" kushiye uphawu lwabo. Ngoku, abadlali ababini baya kudibana kwakhona ukuze badlale kwi "State of Play", umboniso bhanyabhanya wecandelo lezinto ezincinci ezintandathu malunga neepolitiki kunye nokungcatsha okwaqala ngo-2003 kumabonakude wase-Bhritane.
Ifilimu iya kulawulwa nguKevin Macdonald ("UKumkani wokugqibela waseScotland") kwaye uya kuba njalo iya kuqala Kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka ka-2008. Intshukumo le iya kuqhubeka eWashington. INorton izakuba nguStephen Collins, ilungu lendibano ebona indlela anokuncitshiswa ngayo umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko emva kokubulawa kwesithandwa sakhe. Ngeli xesha, uPitt uzakudlala uCal McCaffrey, intatheli eza kuphanda eli tyala.
Ngelixa uPitt eza kuzisa eVenice "Ukubulawa kukaJese James nguCoward Robert Ford" ngeziphumo ezixubeneyo (nangona wayethathe iNgonyama eGolide Eyona Ndlela yokuSebenza kwaBesilisa), INorton iyadubula «IHulk emangalisayo»Ndikunye noLiv Tyler, oza kuthi ubonise okokuqala ngehlobo laseYurophu elizayo.