URon Howard, owayelathiswa ziinxalenye ezimbini zangaphambili "iikhowudi ze-da vinci" kunye "neengelosi, iidemon, wakhetha ukuba ngumvelisi wesithathu.
UMark uRomanek akakafumani msebenzi, kodwa iingxoxo kunye naye kufuneka ziqale kungekudala. UMlawuli uyaziwa emsebenzini wakhe "Ungandivumeli ukuba ndihambe" neKira Kiranley, Cary Malligan kunye no-Andrew Garfield. Abathandanayo baphantse baba ngumphathi we "Wolf Gu", kodwa iiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuqala kwemveliso kwaye azizange zize kwi-Unineminatio ye-Universal malunga nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali.
Ngokwemvelo, imifanekiso yonyana ibeka iprojekthi "phawulahlelo" kunye nenye yezinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka. Ikhowudi ye-da vinci "iqokelele i-758 yezigidi zehlabathi liphela ngo-2006, ngelixa" ngelixa "iingelosi needemon" ngo-2009 kuphela kwi-486 yeedola. Kwimeko yendawo "yesimboli elahlekileyo", njengakwixesha lesibini elidlulileyo, beka isandla sikaStephen Knight. I-Tom Hanks, odlala uNjingalwazi uLangdon kabini, kulindeleke ukuba athathe le ndima kwakhona. UHanks oyinyani nawo uxakekile komnye umfanekiso wemifanekiso yonyana "Umsebenzi" olawula nguPaul Grensess, apho ibeka khona i-carchard hichard pichard, isokola ngeepirates zeSomail.