Contrary to rumors Jean-Claude Van Damme was not offered a role, and Dolph Lundgren was Tony Jaa's first choice.
When asked to be in the film and to co-star with Tony Jaa, Dolph Lundgren made a deal with Jaa to be in his own project in exchange: Skin Trade (2014) as his American debut (that was shot before Furious 7 (2015)).
Despite the fact that principal photography did not complete, Dolph Lundgren had already wrapped his part .
The film remains unfinished, after about four weeks of filming in the Spring of 2013, due to the legal conflict opposing Tony Jaa with the producing studio, Sahamongkolfilm.
Partly shot in April 2013, unfinished.