Isiteshi se-HBO TV siqala kabusha idrama eyimfihlakalo edumile "igazi langempela" ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha nje ngemuva kokuphothulwa kochungechunge. Isimo sephrojekthi entsha besivele sibhalile, bahlanganyela kubadali baka- "Riverdala" kanye "nokwesaba ukuhamba."
Ngokusho kohlelo lwe-Entertainment Early Edition, Roberto Agirre-Sakasa noJam O'Brien bazolashwa kabusha. Futhi njengoMkhiqizi OPhethe, iShowranner yochungechunge lwangempela lwe-Alan Ball ingajoyina, yize kwakungekho mibhalo esemthethweni phakathi kwakhe nesiteshi se-HBO TV okwamanje.
Ukuguqulwa kwesimo sokuqalisa kabusha okuzayo kuhileleke e-Agirre-Sakasa. Emsebenzini wakhe, i-playwright nayo yancika ochungechungeni lwencwadi "Imfihlo yeVampire" uCharlin Harris, lapho "igazi langempela" lwangempela lalisuselwe kulo.
Khumbula, uchungechunge oluyimfihlakalo olunezinto zamahlaya amnyama "igazi langempela" lisho ngomlindi onamakhono angaphezu kwawemvelo okuthiwa uStakhaus, othandana noVampire Bill Comton. Le phrojekthi equkethe izinkathi eziyisikhombisa yayisakazwa esiteshini se-HBO TV kusuka ngo-2008 kuya ku-2014.