Ewe, kubonakala ngathi uzimisele malunga nokulungileyo USyvester Stallone ufuna ukwalathisa ifilimu malunga nombhali omkhulu nontsonkothileyo Edgar Allan Poe. Kwaye nangona ekuqaleni kwakukho intetho ukuba uSly wayefuna ukukholisa URobert Downey Jr. ukudlala indima ephambili, kodwa ekugqibeleni yaba yinkohliso okanye i-Downey yaphela ngokuqhekeka, kwaye jonga lo mfana ubetha indima ye-dranged, besiya kuyifekethisa.
Kodwa kude nokunikezela, uStallone unikezele ngendima Viggo Mortensen kwaye ucinga nzulu ngayo, nangona kubonakala ngathi ufuna ukutshintsha ezinye izinto kwiscript phambi kokuba amkele indima.