In order to pay tribute to Sergio Leon’s Italian westerns, Simon Moore completed the script outline for the film at the end of 1992. He believed that the protagonist of the story should be a woman. Moore initially hoped to make "The Quick and the Dead" an independent film, directed by him, shot in Spain or Italy, with a budget of only 34 million U.S. dollars. In May 1993, Sony Pictures bought Moore's screenplay, and two months later it was finalized to star Sharon Stone. Stone is also a co-producer. Sharon Stone recommended Sam Raimi to direct. In order to make Remy the director of the film, Stone even threatened to quit. She firmly believes that "The Quick and the Dead" will give Remy a chance to give full play. His skills and creativity.
Sony quickly began to prepare for the film and commissioned Moore to rewrite the script several times. In the end, Moore was fired by Sony and replaced by screenwriter John Sells because he was willing to make the film an old-fashioned film according to the producer’s request. Westerns. As Sells's script was protracted and lengthy, making the film nearly two and a half hours long, the producer regained Moore, which was only three weeks before the filming started. When rewriting the script, Moore secretly removed the content written by Sells, which was approved by Sony
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