URon Howard, owayeqondiswe izingxenye ezimbili ezedlule "I-DA VINCI Code" kanye "nezingelosi namademoni," wenqaba leli hlobo eprojekthi yesithathu, wakhetha ukuba ngumkhiqizi wezithombe.
UMark Romanek akakamukeli umsebenzi, kepha izingxoxo naye kufanele aqale esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Umqondisi uyaziwa emsebenzini wakhe "Ungangidedela ngihambe" noKira Knightley, no-Cary Malligan no-Andrew Garfield. Uthando lwacishe lwaba ngumqondisi we- "Wolf Man", kepha emavikini ambalwa ngaphambi kokuqala kokukhiqizwa futhi akazange eze kwi-general denominator enesitudiyo sendawo yonke mayelana nesabelomali, kanye nokunye ukungavumelani nokungaboni ngaso linye.
Ngokwemvelo, izithombe zikaSony zibeka iphrojekthi "elahlekile uphawu" ngesinye sezinto eziza kuqala. I- "DA Vinci Vinci Code" yaqoqa ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-758 emhlabeni jikelele ngonyaka we-2006, kuyilapho "izingelosi namademoni" ngo-2009 kuphela ama- $ 486 million. Esimweni esithi "uphawu olulahlekile", njengasesikhathini ezimbili esedlule, faka isandla sikaStefanu Knight. UTom Hanks, owadlala uSolwazi Langdon kabili kabili, kulindeleke ukuthi athathe le ndima futhi. I-Hanks yeqiniso nayo imatasa kwesinye isithombe sezithombe zakwaSony "Umsebenzi kaCaptain" oqondiswe nguPaul Greningrass, lapho edlala khona uCaptain Hero Richard Phillips, azabalaza ngePirail Pirates.