Ua hāpai ʻo Nicolas Cage i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa me kāna hiʻohiʻona hou loa.. ʻaʻole hiki i kāna mau mea aloha ke ʻike iā ia
Ua launa nui ka lehulehu me nā kiʻi o ka mea keaka, a hōʻike mai ua alo lākou pilikia I ka ʻike mua ʻana iā ia me kahi wig a me nā aniani liʻiliʻi. He nui ka poʻe i hōʻoia e hoʻoikaika mau ka mea keaka kaulana e hoʻokomo i ke ʻano āna e pāʻani nei.
Ua kākau ʻia a alakaʻi ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni e Christopher Burgley, a ʻo kāna mau hanana i hoʻololi ʻia i loko o ke ʻano comic framework, me ke komo ʻana o nā mea hana keaka ʻo Rachel Keeler lāua ʻo Fred Heckinger. ʻAʻole maopopo ka moʻolelo a me nā hanana o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, no ka mea, ua haʻalele nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā kikoʻī.
ʻO ka hōʻike hope ʻana o Cage i ka mahina o Kepakemapa i hala ma ka hoʻomaka mua o kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni hou ʻo Butcher's Crossing.
Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka puke moʻolelo 1960 o ka inoa hoʻokahi na John Edward Williams.
Hōʻike ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka moʻolelo o kahi kanaka i haʻalele i kāna hoʻonaʻauao Harvard no ka hele ʻana i kona ʻāina ma ka ʻāina, kahi i komo ai ʻo ia i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi bufalo laʻa.