URoman Polanski usevele ukhethe umbhangqwana awufunayo njenge-protagonist yephrojekthi yakhe elandelayo 'I-Pompeii '. Umenzi wamafilimu waseFrance odabuka ePoland uhlose ukuphakama, njengoba ukukhetha kwakhe kukhomba kubalingisi ababili baseHollywood abasesimfashini: i-Orlando Bloom, inkanyezi yama-trilogies amabili ('iPirates of the Caribbean' ne 'The Lord of the Rings'), ne-Scarlett enhle ? UJohansson. I- ukuqopha ifilimu izoqala kuleli hlobo kanti ingxenye enkulu yayo izokwenzeka eSpain. Abalingisi abakasiphenduli lesi siphakamiso.
'UPompeii' kuzoba yi-epic blockbuster yokuqala yakwaPolanski, enesabelomali esingu- $ 130 million, lapho ezolandisa khona ngezinsuku ezimbili zokugcina zedolobha laseRoma ngaphambi kokuqhuma kabuhlungu kweVesuvius, okwathi ngo-Agasti 24, 79, kwaqeda impilo izinkulungwane zayo yezakhamizi futhi wangcwaba idolobha ngaphansi kolwandle lwentaba-mlilo nomlotha, ukuqhubekisa njengoba kwakunjalo emakhulwini eminyaka.
Isikripthi se-'Pompeii 'sisuselwa kuRobert Harris bestseller wesihloko esifanayo futhi sibhalwe nguPolanski ngokubambisana noHarris uqobo. Ukudubula kuhlelwe ukuqala ngo-Agasti futhi kudonse izinyanga ezinhlanu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iningi lefilimu lizoqoshwa endaweni yaseSpain, ikakhulukazi e-Alicante's Ciudad de la Luz, izitudiyo zayo ezisanda kubamba omunye umdlalo obalulekile, njenge-'Aserix kuma-Olympic Games '.