 Johnny Depp, through his production company Infinitum Nihil, purchased the film rights to the novel in 2008.As of September 2012, it was still a speculative project, though former Depp collaborator Julian Schnabel reported that he was working with the actor to develop a screenplay with Depp playing the role of Tosches.Dimitar Andonov

Dimitar Andonov was a Bulgarian officer and revolutionary, a leader of an Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) revolutionary band for the Prilep region.