The film was to have been a homage to classic writers from literature such as Edgar Lee Masters ("Spoon River Anthology"), Ambrose Bierce ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"), Mark Twain ("A Military Campaign that Failed"), Stephen Crane ("The Red Badge of Courage"), and Margaret Mitchell ("Gone with the Wind"), whose novel he had wanted to film a remake. Although the written treatment never got turned into a full screenplay, Leone's son Andrea had it published in a June 2004 issue of the Italian cinema magazine "Ciak". It is not certain if the treatment's publication will ever lead to a full production in America or Italy.