to his injuries. Cast Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume Garrett Hedlund as Billy Darley Kelly Preston as Helen Hume Aisha Tyler as Detective Jessica Wallis John Goodman as Bones Darley Matt O'Leary as Joe Darley Leigh Whannell as Spink Stuart Lafferty as Brendan Hume Zachary Dylan Smith as Young Brendan Hume Jordan Garrett as Lucas Hume Edi Gathegi as Bodie Yorgo Constantine as Michael Behring Hector Atreyu Ruiz as Heco Kanin Howell as Baggy Judith Roberts as Judge Shaw Production Development Brian Garfield, author of the original novel Death Wish and its sequel Death Sentence, was disappointed with the film adaption of Death Wish (1974) and the subsequent sequels. In 1980, he was hired by the Cannon Group, Inc. to write a film adaptation of Death Sentence to be helmed by the first film's director Michael Winner. However, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus disliked the second novel and instead decided to purchase the rights to Garfield's characters rather than adapting the novel itself. They also purchased the rights to the first film from Dino De Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. The subsequent film Death Wish II (1982) was strictly a sequel to the first film and bore no relation to Garfield's novel. The film franchise has since gathered a cult following after the release of its third part, Death Wish 3 (1985). After James Wan had read Garfield's novels and seen all the film adaptions, he got an inspiration to make his film about the novels. Garfield was impressed after he was hired to make the first few drafts for the film to make the film what Garfield had imagined it to be. The rest of the chosen draft was written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Casting Kevin Bacon was hired after James saw him as the perfect choice for the role of Nick Hume. Garrett Hedlund was chosen for the role of Billy Darley, the main leader of the gang. He was asked to shave his head and gain some weight, to which he agreed. He also watched a documentary about lions to portray Billy's animalistic nature. Aisha Tyler had been cast as the detective, Jessica Wallis. She was originally written as a 50-year-old male detective, but the choice was cancelled. Other cast members include John Goodman, Judith Roberts and Stuart Lafferty. Filming The film was shot in 2 months. The filming locations included, Columbia, South Carolina and Los Angeles, California.