The independent production companies Shooting Gallery and SPi Films sought to adapt the novel into a film in 2000, and Johnny Depp was signed to star and to serve as executive producer.
В 2000 году независимые кинокомпании Shooting Gallery и SPi Films приобрели права на экранизацио, а Джонни Депп и Ник Нолти подписали контракт на участие в фильме.