The news of the filming of "Nochnoj dozor" began at the end of 2000 when the POLIGON production company purchased its copyright, and Evgeny Feodlov gave the original work to Victor Alisovd. Victor immediately decided to be the producer of the film. He is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to film a magical history related to real life in Moscow. The film was titled "The Vampires of Moscow" and the deputy director was Maxim Bezemsky. Photography is by Mikhail Krichman, an expert in digital technology, who gives the film a gray-green hue. But Sergei Lukyanenko strongly opposed the adaptation of his own novel by others, and he began to write the script himself. As a result, the POLIGON production company's plan to shoot the "Nochnoj dozor" film was shelved
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On October 21, 2002, the right to film "Nochnoj dozor" was transferred to Channel One, and Alekosi Slapkovsky assisted Lukoyanek to start filming. At that time, another company, HTB PRIM FILMZ RU, was also very interested in the film. In November 2003, "Nochnoj dozor" was edited several times. In addition to the basic plot, the prototype of the future effect can already be spied out. In February 2004, part of the plot of the film met with the audience
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