Ngemuva kwe "Ifomu lamanzi" lango-2017, elithola imifanekiso engu-4 oscar, iGuillermo del Toro izogcina ibuyela esihlalweni se-Direct Ifilimu lizokwenzeka e-Fascist Italy yawo-1930s. Kule filimu, kumenyezelwe njengenhlawulo, iphrojekthi yamema ngokungazelelwe inani elikhulu labalingisi.
I-Wolder Frey "e-DAHY of Comnes" David Bradley yanikeza ingxoxo enkulu newebhusayithi yasePoland na ekraine, eyabelana ngohlu lwabadlali abamenyiwe. Ngokusho kwakhe, uRon Perlman, uTilda Suinton, uChristoph Waltz noYuen McGregor bazobe besebenza kwifilimu. Engxoxweni, akuzange kuvezwe, yiziphi izindima zabadlali ezokwenza.
Ukulimala okwengeziwe kwalolu hlu kunikeza isendlalelo kuso, esingabizwa ngokuthi yi-Accer Toror Del Toro. IPerlman yahlungwa eHelloyBoy, "umhlaba wePacific", futhi wahlanganyela ochungechungeni lwezithombe ezithobeziwe "Abazingeli beTroll". UDavid Bradley wayevame ukuba nenkanyezi eDel Toro ochungechungeni lwe- "strain".