Iprojekthi eyayibonakala ingumkhenkce kwakudala yayiyi Castlevania cinematic transposition, omnye umdlalo wevidiyo oye wafumana inani elikhulu labalandeli ngeenguqulelo zayo ezininzi. Inyaniso yile ngoku Castlevania inokuba ekugqibeleni ukuziqhelanisa yayo, enkosi James Wan, onoxanduva Saw saga.
Ukusuka kwinkampani yaseJapan Konami, umnini wamalungelo okudlala, wachaza ukuba baya kuzama ukuvuselela ifilimu ngomsebenzi kaWan, ongayi kusebenza njengomlawuli kuphela kodwa nanjengombhali weskripthi. Kwaye ngokutsho kwamahemuhemu ahlukeneyo, iya kuba ne- uncedo oluvela kuPaul WS Anderson, umlawuli odumileyo we Robocop.
“Yonke into isemtsha kum, ndisanda kusayina isivumelwano, ngoko ke ndisazama ukucinga ngendlela esiza kuzenza ngayo izinto, kodwa abavelisi bawonwabile ngumbono wam wale filimu” eneenkcukacha Wan yimincili, ebudeni bendibano I-Comic-Con.
Ngoluvo lwakho malunga nomdlalo, Wan uqaphele ukuba eyona nto ayithanda kakhulu ngeCastlevania yile "U-Konami uthathe i-iconic ye-Dracula kwiqonga laseYurophu kwaye wamnika i-twist eyahlukileyo, enomdla kwiinkcubeko zaseJapan."