Ukufika kukaSimon Templera kuSanta ogama, elichazwe emanoveni omlobi wesiNgisi uLeslie Charteris, wavikelwa kaninginingi. Ifilimu yokuqala yahlungwa ngo-1938 noLuis Hejuyuord, kwathi okokugcina okwamanje - ngonyaka we-1997, kuyo ibhizinisi losanta lenze i-val kilmer. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwasuswa uchungechunge lwethelevishini, lapho indima kaSimon Templera yadlala uRoger Moore.
Umlingisi ophambili wamanoveli namafilimu anesipho esiyingqayizivele sokuphindukuzalwa futhi aqashelwe ukufeza wonke umuntu oqabulayo kusukela endaweni yokubuka umthetho, kepha umsebenzi okhokhelwa kakhulu. Ngokwezinhlobonhlobo, kwifilimu entsha mayelana nokufika kukaSimon Templera, uChris Pine uzodlala indima enkulu. Umqondisi wesithombe uzoba nguDexter Fletcher ("Rocketman", "abafowethu base-Arms"), kanye nesimo esenziwe Sat Graham-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter").
Ukudubula ifilimu elisha kuhlelwa ukuba kuqale lokhu kuwa, ukuze kukhululwe izinhlungu zikaChris ekuqaleni kokuhlunga kweSherlock Holmes. Kepha, uma kwenzeka impumelelo yefilimu yokuqala, i-Paramoous ilindele ukudedela uchungechunge lwemidwebo mayelana nokufika kwe-Simon Templera. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ubukhulu bokubhala buvumela.