Malinga ndi banjali, adayamba kugwira ntchito pa chithunzi cha chithunzichi posachedwapa asanafike pokonzekera filimu yoyamba - mu Disembala chaka chatha - ndikupitilizabe kuwerenga mpaka pano. Okwatirana adavomereza kuti mwayi wogwira ntchito pa mbiri yakale za nthano za nthano za nthano chabe, chifukwa iwonso adakwera m'mabuku a Conan Donyle. Milsini adaonjezeranso kuti sakwanira mu subget bajeti ndipo studio nthawi zonse amawafunsa kuti aduleni script kuti ndalama zake zikhale zocheperako $ 30-50 miliyoni.
Ponena za zosokoneza za anthu pachithunzichi, momwe zodabwitsazi zimakhalira, simungathe kuda nkhawa ndi wotsogolera - yemwe yemweyo wachuma adzachotsedwa, maudindo akuluakulu adzachitidwa ndi Robert Towney ml. Ndipo Jude wotsika, koma kutenga nawo mbali m'mbuyo. Imasemphana ndi kuti wochita sewerolo amatha kusewera pulofesa morerty. Dzina la Pitt ndi ngwazi iyi lidagwirizanitsidwa nthawi yayitali lisanatulutsidwe gawo loyamba la chithunzichi. Pambuyo pa malipoti achinyengo omwe Brad adzawomberedwa mufilimuyi, zidziwitso zidawoneka kuti wochita seweroli akufotokozabe kuthekera kwake pantchitoyi, koma lingaliro lomaliza silinavomerezedwebe.