SNgobusuku Obuhle, futhi Inhlanhla isivele ithathe izintambo zokukhokhisa uyinki kuhulumeni kaMcCarthy kanye nokuzingelwa kwezangoma ezimelene namakhomanisi (umfanekiso wangempela walokho okwenziwa abaphathi bakaBush namuhla ngakolunye uhlangothi), ephakamisa umbono wokuthi Inkululeko yokukhuluma ngaphezu kokubekwe kwezepolitiki, manje, sekuyaziwa ukuthi kanye nozakwabo eSmoke House, uGrant Heslov, owayekade ekhona. umlingisi onenhlanhla encane noma ithalente oke waba nezindima kumafilimu afana neRevenge of the Rookies III ... akukho mazwana, ulungiselela enye ifilimu u-Warner lapho etshela ukuthi i-CIA, ngosizo lweHollywood, yasebenzisa kanjani iphrojekthi yefilimu eqanjiwe ukuze ngasese. khipha abantu baseMelika abayisithupha eTehran ngesikhathi senhlekelele yango-1979.
Ngokukamagazini i-Variety, i-Warner Bros ibiphethe ukuthenga amalungelo endaba kuJoshuah Bearman, owabhala indaba yangempela kumagazini i-Wired, nalapho kuthiwa umenzeli we-CIA ogama lakhe linguTony Mendez (hhayi uTony Montana por Dios) wayephethe ukulungisa ukuhlenga abantu baseMelika abayisithupha, esungula inkampani yokukhiqiza mbumbulu ebizwa nge-Studio Six (njengenani labathunjwa abazohlenga) Productions.
Njengamaphrojekthi adlule e-Smoke House, i-Escape from Tehran cishe ifilimu eqondiswe ku-Clooney, eyesithathu kusukela yaphuma okokuqala ngethi Confessions of a Dangerous mind.
