Njengoko ipapashwe yile magazini Ezahlukahlukeneyo, ULeonardo DiCaprio kunye noWarner Bros. bathetha-thethwano olupheleleyo ukuze umdlali "angene" kwakhona kwisenzo esichukumisayo. Kule meko, iprojekthi Umzimba wobuxoki, uhlengahlengiso lwenoveli engaziwa nguDavid Ignatius.
DiCaprio, ethatha ireyithi ye-movie enye ngonyaka, yayiza kudlala intatheli yangaphambili, i-agent ye-CIA eguqulelwe, ehamba eJordani ukufumana intloko ye-Al Qaeda, ngenkxaso yeenkonzo ze-intelligence yaseJordanian. Le noveli, impumelelo enkulu eUnited States, itsale ingqalelo eyaneleyo kuyo URidley Scott ukuqondisa ifilimu kunye nenjongo yakhe kukuseka iprojekthi kwigalelo likaDiCaprio njengomdlali oyintloko kunye naleyo UWilliam Monaham njengombhali wesikrini, ephinda ngale ndlela i-binomial eyimpumelelo ye Abangenayo.
Phakathi kwezinye ikhusela ukuba isandi umdlali, umi ngaphandle Indlela yohlaziyo, apho wayenokuthi adibane kwakhona kunye ne-co-star yakhe kwi-Titanic Kate Kinslet, phantsi kwe-baton yomlawuli owaziwayo. USam Mendes.