I-fitterter "inobungozi ngokukhethekileyo (2008) nge-Angelina Jolie noJames Mceevoy baba yiprojekthi yokuqala yomlawuli wase Timour Bekmambeod eHollywood. Eli libali lomntu ongelo nani, oya kutsalwa kuluntu oluyimfihlo lwababulali, kunye nexesha lokuba ngumbulali ongenakuthelekiswa nanto. Ukuba i-sequel yazisekukhuphele le filimu, kuya kufuneka akhuphisane ne-franchise enjalo njenge "John Piq." Nangona kunjalo, i-Bekmambetova ingoyiki, kuba ebeya kuba elungele ukunikezela abaphulaphuli umbono owahluke ngokupheleleyo kubaphulaphuli. Kudliwanondlebe nomhla obekiweyo, umlawuli wathi:
Mhlawumbi ndiza kuyenza i-sicvel kwifomathi yokuthandazela. Andiyicingi into yokuba kwi-sharler yehlabathi yanamhlanje ye-sharler-gesi yabaleka yonke imipu. Iya kusebenzisa i-rones okanye mhlawumbi itekhnoloji yekhompyuter. Akusafuneki ukuba uvelise ngobuchule iimbumbulu. Kufuneka ubambe ngobuchule izimvo.
Kuyabonakala ukuba, iBemambetov ilungele ukuya kwifomula yesenzo esiqhubekayo kunye ne-shootout, esekwe kwi "John Pec". Ukuba iqhawe le-MCAW livela "ngokukhethekileyo" lingena kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ifilimu ayizukuhamba ngaphaya kwekhompyuter, akunakwenzeka ukuba bathande abalandeli. Mhlawumbi, endaweni yeBemmambetov ibalwa kwi-influx yababukeli abatsha, ukufuna ukuphinda impumelelo ye-thriller yakhe "Susa kubahlobo" (2015). Dubula kwifomathi yesibeleko, le filimu ifumene i-62 yezigidi zeedola kwirenti yehlabathi kwi-1 yezigidi yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali.