Screenwriter Steve Martin told the producer David Hauberman a long-awaited film story idea between the filming of the film "Love When the House Collapses". Later, Haberman and his production partner Todd Rebman jointly chose Jeffrey Nachmanoff to expand the film idea provided by Steve Martin into a complete cause and effect story.
During the script creation process, Jeffrey Nachmanoff decided to let the protagonist appear as an American Muslim, because this assumption can increase the dramatic conflict in the entire story. Not long after Jeffrey Nachmanoff finished the first draft of the script, Don Cheadle got a copy. After reading the entire story, he took the initiative to find the producer and expressed his interest in the film. With the help of Chandel, his film company Crescendo also joined the production of the film. Later, Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Nachmanoff spent a lot of time refining the content of the script.
Originally, the producers found a very suitable director for "Traitor". However, when the improvement of the script gradually came to an end, the director said that he would quit because of another film. At the juncture, the pressing time finally made Jeffrey Nachmanoff the film director
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