Cika wannan magana: A 2001 20th Century Fox ya sayi Monahan ta spec rubutun "Tripoli", game da William Eaton ta almara tafiya a kan Tripoli a lokacin
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Barbary, a cikin yarjejeniyar da ke da daraja a tsakiyar lambobi shida a cikin dalar Amurka, tare da Mark Gordon a matsayin mai samarwa. An ba Ridley Scott rubutun don gudanarwa. Monahan ya sadu da Scott don tattauna "Tripoli", kuma Scott ya ambaci sha'awarsa na jagorantar fim game da knights. Monahan ya ba da shawarar Crusades a matsayin wuri, yana mai cewa "kuna da kowane makircin da za a iya tunaninsa a can, wanda ya fi ban mamaki fiye da fiction". Scott ya sha'awar filin wasa na Monahan kuma ya hayar da shi don rubuta rubutun don "Mulkin Sama". "Tripoli" a ƙarshe an ajiye shi, amma Monahan ya ci gaba da mallakar rubutun kuma saboda haka yana da 'yancin yin la'akari da sabbin tayi a wani lokaci na gaba.