Ngokuya komnqamulajuqu, i-Miramax TV yaqala ukuthuthukisa uchungechunge lwe- "Mandmen", oluzosuselwa kwimpi eyenziwe ngegama elifanayo, elikhishwe ngonyaka owedlule. UGuy Richie, owadubula ifilimu yangempela, uzoqondiswa umbhali wesikrini, kanye nomkhiqizi omkhulu wombukiso omusha. Ngakho-ke, "amanenekazi" avale umbuthano, ngoba ngaphambi kokuba aguquke ifilimu eliphelele eligcwele, le phrojekthi yaqalwa ukuyenza ngefomethi yethelevishini.
"Mnene" Tshela nge-American Express T-Shirt Pierpene (Matthew McCONAJA), edale umbuso ongaphansi komhlaba futhi ozuze ngokungajwayelekile wokukhiqizwa kwensangu eLondon. Lapho iqhawe licabanga ngokuthengisa ibhizinisi lakhe, liqala uchungechunge lwezehlakalo ezididayo, kufaka phakathi amakhambi, ama-intribees, ukufumbathisa kanye nokumnyama. Ngokushesha ama-gangsters ambalwa ahlose ukuthatha ifa le-pearson, kepha iqhawe leMcCONAEH ngeke lihlale ezihlahleni nhlobo.
Ngokubambisana neMcCONAH, izindima eziholayo kuma-colin farrell, uCharlie Hannem, uHenry Golding, uHugh Goling, uMichelle Dokers, u-Jeremy Strurs no-Eddie Marsan. Ngesabelomali esincane ngenani lama- $ 22 million, ifilimu eqoqwe ehhovisi lebhokisi lomhlaba wonke ngaphezulu kwama- $ 115 million.