Emva kokujika okungapheliyo kunye nokujika, ifilimu esekwe kwinoveli yemizobo eyenziwe ngumntu omkhulu UGarth Ennis kunye noSteve Dillon ithatha umbala. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuqeshwa USam Mendes, ophumelele u-Oscar ngobuhle baseMelika, njengomlawuli; kwaye ezi veki zongezwa John Agasti, Ngubani oza kujongana nokubhala iskripthi.
Umvelisi ophethe le projekthi, Columbia Pictures unikezele ngomsebenzi wokubhala kwisikrini UJohn Agasti, inoxanduva lwezikripthi ze Isidumbu soMtshakazi kunye noCharlie kunye noMzi-mveliso weTshokholethi; kunye nomvelisi wangoku INkosana yasePersi: iZanti zeXesha, uhlengahlengiso lomdlalo wevidiyo othandwayo.
I-comic yapapashwa ngo-1995 no-2000 kwaye inemiba engama-75. Xelela iihambo zakhe umshumayeli waseTexan onemini enye ephethwe yimfuzo, unyana womoya wesithunywa sezulu kunye nedemon, oya kuhamba naye eUnited States, elwa nemikhosi yobubi, ekunye nentombi yakhe yangaphambili kunye nevampire yotywala.
Ngobungqina bamva nje UJohn Agasti, uSam Mendes, ophindaphinde ukuveza umdla wakhe wokuqalisa ukufota, sele eqala ukucinga malunga nokuba iya kuba yintoni ifilimu, ukuba Ayinawo umhla wokukhutshwa okanye wokukhutshwa okwangoku.