UChris Hessumworth, inkanyezi ye- "Thor" films, "Avenger" kanye "nojaha", wahlongoza indima eyinhloko kunguqulo entsha yezikhali "ezibulalayo". Iphrojekthi yesikhathi esizayo ibizwa nge- "lviv Hunters" futhi izoba yingxenye ye-remake, ngokwengxenye ilandelana kwifilimu yokugcina ye-franchise yoqobo. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, ipulazi lizoqhamuka nendodana yephoyisa elidala elifuna ukuba yiphoyisa. Ngokusobala, umlingiswa we-chamworth uzoba yindodana yeqhawe laseMela Gibson - uMartin Riggza Detective. I-Justin Lin, edonsele ingxenye yesithathu, yesine, yesihlanu nengxenye yesithupha ye- "Fastsa" izoqondiswa yifilimu. Futhi iskripthi siyalelwe ukuba sibhale sizokwenza uBill (Hungestrs on Gangsters). Akukaziwa ukuthi ngabe uMel Gibson noDanny Glover Glever - izinkanyezi ze-cinema zoqobo zizoba nengxenye kulo msebenzi. Kepha eminyakeni embalwa edlule uGibson wakuphika ukubamba kwakhe iqhaza lakhe kunoma yikuphi ukuqhubeka kwezikhali "ezibulalayo." Ngasikhathi sinye, umlingisi wathi ukukhumbula kube ngumqondo omuhle.
Khumbula ukuthi isithombe esithi "Izikhali Zokufa" zidedelwe kwizikrini ngo-1987. Ngemuva kokuthi idubule ama-sequels amathathu, enyatheliswa ngo-1989, 1992 nango-1998. Sekukonke, zonke izingxenye ezine ze-franchise ziqoqe amadola angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-950.