"Director's Cut" of the film was released, apart from Russia, in some European countries on DVD by 20th Century FOX. The only difference of this version from the original Russian version is the absence of the opening credits. Franchise A third film, titled Twilight Watch (previously Dusk Watch), was announced by 20th Century Fox, however Timur instead directed Wanted for Universal Pictures. He went on to say that Twilight Watch would be too much like Wanted, and so to avoid working in an artistic rut the project would need to be either distinctively changed, passed to another director, or simply delayed so that intervening projects could be completed. "Nochnoi Bazar" fan re-dub In 2005, a "fan re-dub" was released under the title "Nochnoi Bazar" ("Night Chat"). The project was initiated by the writer Sergei Lukyanenko as a nod to popular (illegal) fan re-dubs by "Goblin" (Dmitry Puchkov). However, this fan redub was made with full consent of the filmmakers and copyright holders and released on DVD by Channel One Russia. The script was written by the Russian comedian Alexander Bachilo, the song parodies were written and composed by Alexander Pushnoy. The narration was done by Leonid Volodarskiy, a popular voiceover translator of pirated video releases in the Soviet Union. See also Vampire film List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film References External links The New York Times: From Russia, with Blood and Shape-Shifters Night Watch 2004 films 2004 action thriller films 2004 fantasy films Russian action films Russian fantasy films Russian thriller films Russian horror films 2000s Russian-language films Films directed by Timur Bekmambetov Films based on fantasy novels Films based on Russian novels Films set in 1992 Films set in 2004 Films set in Moscow Films shot in Moscow Films with screenplays by Laeta Kalogridis Films scored by Yuri Poteyenko Films about shapeshifting 2000s supernatural thriller films Vampires in film Fox Searchlight Pictures films Bazelevs Company films Russian dark fantasy films