Umvelisi uFrank Marshall wanika udliwanondlebe apho waxelela khona ukuba i-franchise ngo-Jason ezalelwe ilinde kungekudala. Umhlaba wasekwa kwi-trilogy ye-robert ladlamas kwi-agentires ye-cia enemigangatho ye-cia enemigangatho ye-cia. Ngo-2002, ifilimu "Ifilimu" yakhutshwa kwizikrini ngo-Mat Mat Damon kwindima ekhokelayo. Emva kwempumelelo yomfanekiso, ukuqhubeka kwesibini kwalandelwa- "Ukuphakama kokuzalwa" ka-2004 kunye ne-ulmimatum azalwe "2007. Impumelelo yepeyinti ikhokelela kwinto yokuba umjikelo weRomanov malunga ne-rorne iyaqhubeka. Emva kokufa kukaLadlama, wenza omnye umbhali, uEric van vanbader. Okwangoku, umjikelo sele iinoveli ezili-15.
Ukuthatha isigqibo sokuqalisa kwakhona i-franchise, i-studio Universive yendalo ikhuphe ifilimu ethi "Indaleko yazale", kodwa yaxelela iRibbon malunga nenye iarhente. Ukuzalwa kwangempela kwaye uMat Damon wabuyela kubaphulaphuli kwi-Tape ka-2016 uJason wazalwa ". UMarshall uthi:
Ndithanda uthotho lweefilimu malunga ne-erne. Ndicinga ukuba ngoku abalawuli abahlukeneyo bethuba elihle lokuza kuthi. Ndiyathemba ukuba singafumana ibali elitsha kunye nomphathi omtsha. Sikulungele ukuqwalasela iindlela ezahlukeneyo. Ekupheleni kwefilimu yesihlanu, sashiya umnyango sivulekile ngethemba lokuba ibali elinomdla liza kuvela kwelesithandathu.
UDamon malunga nokuzimisela kwakhe ukubuyela kwindima yokuzalwa kukaYakobi eyazalwa:
Kufanele ukuba libali elimangalisayo lokusibuyisela kule projekthi. Ifilimu yokugqibela yayingalunganga njengayokuqala. Mhlawumbi abaphulaphuli sele belibele isimilo sam.