I-Contreal veki nganye ipolise inqaku elibalulekileyo leefoto njengenxalenye yokukhuthaza i-Preieric Spreser Spreser Christopher Inyanga ezayo.
Kwimifanekiso, abaphulaphuli babone bonke abalinganiswa abaphambili. Indima ephambili kwifilimu iya kwenziwa nguJohn Dashington phantsi kwegama le-protagonist, ukuba ijongene naye ngu-Oligs waseRussia, oya kuthi ngaxeshanye kufuneka acombulule iingxaki, awadlalwa nguElikiki. Iqhawe likaRobert Partinson liya kuthetha ihloli. Iplani ayichazwanga, kodwa yaziwa ukuba amaqela aya kusebenzisa indlela ekhethekileyo yokuhamba ngexesha elibizwa ngokuba "kukungazithembi".
Emva kokufika kwee-projectolis, abaphulaphuli badidekile ngenxa yokuba naphi na ababona uAron Taylor-johnson, othabatha inxaxheba kuyo. UNolan waqinisekisa abalandeli betalente yomculi kwaye baxelelwa ukuba babonakala phi:
UAaron Taylor-Johnson une filimu kwaye uyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yayo. Ewe, azikho iifoto kunye naye, kodwa ikhala kwi-trailer yesibini. Kuyinyani, akazi kwaphela. Kwifilimu kuya kuba yiminyhadala emininzi, sasingafuni ukonakalisa abantu ngembonakalo, ukwabelana ngeengcebiso kwindawo yokukhuthaza.
Emva kokudlulisela umhla we-primeere, impikiswano "iqala kwi-cinema nge-31 kaJulayi.