Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubvira mukupera kwema1990, firimu rakavakirwa pana ', raizonzi "Rufu Neni", rakanga riri mukugadzirwa paNew Line Cinema. Neil Gaiman akanyora script, uye aizotungamirirawo, naGuillermo del Toro somugadziri mukuru. Gaiman akapedza mazuva anoverengeka ari panzvimbo yokudhirowa firimu raDel Toro' kuti awane mazano pamusoro penzira yokuronga nayo. Kunze kwezviitiko zviviri zvekuwedzera pakutanga (zvakagadzwa mumamongi eTibetan neAlaska), uye kutama kubva kuNew York City kuenda kuLondon kwenzvimbo huru, script yacho yakanga isina kuchinjwa kubva kumagwaro enyambo. Pashure pokunge vari kukura gehena kwemakore anoverengeka, basa pamusoro payo yakavandudzwa muna 2007, asi nokukurumidza derailed zvakare nokuda WGA akarova
. Maererano naGaiman, studio yacho "inogona kunge ichiri New Line, asi Warner Independent inodawo". Shia LaBeouf angave akave nebasa mufirimu, pamwe semunhu anotungamira Sexton, nekuda kwekubatsira kwake mukuyedza kugadzira iyo firimu. Musi waGumiguru 14, 2010 zvakataurwa mubvunzurudzo naGaiman kuti kubva muna Chikumi kana Chikunguru, DC naWarner Bros. vakanga vasiya basa pafirimu uye zvaive zvisina kujeka kana vaizotangazve.