A follow-up of sorts to his 2016 feature Deception: A XXX Thriller, which went on to win the AVN Award for Best BDSM Movie at the 2017 ceremony, Derelikt has been a work long in the coming, according to the director."I came up with the idea for this movie four years ago," JohnPaul told AVN. "Once I took over Kink.com's flagship site, Hogtied, I decided to do a big feature. I had ideas in my head, and the first one that made it to paper was Deception. There were a lot of events that postponed this movie, but I always knew that I was going to make it one day. We wrapped prodution in early May, and I can't wait for the world to see it."As to the unique spelling he chose for the movie's name, JohnPaul explained, "I was trying to decide on a title, and was looking at the definition of the word to make sure it was exactly what I wanted. I saw the phonetic spelling and knew that was the way I wanted it to be for the movie."Derelikt stars Casey Calvert and Charlotte Sartre, who each expressed a great deal of enthusiasm about the project.Commented Sartre, "I had the experience of a lifetime working on this movie! I am so honored JP cast me in this project because he had been working on writing it for years prior and I know how important and special this film is, not just for him but for everyone involved. We really made something beautiful and I will treasure this forever!"For her part, Calvert offered, "Shooting Derelikt was such an incredible experience! Everything from the location to the crew to my co-star Charlotte—everything all perfect. …but everything was about to change