- The film is based correspondent Robert Harrisof the same name novel, the novel won the 2008 International Thriller Writers Guild Award for Best Novel.
- Polanski and the author Harris worked on the adaptation of the novel.
- The role of Adam Long in the film is often considered to be "a version" of Blair.
- At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Polanski announced that his next work was not "Shadow Writer", but another best-selling novel "Pompeii"Robert Harris .
- The film entered the pre-production stage in November 2007. It was expected to be completed in the fall of 2009, but the director Polanski was arrested by the Swiss police in November 2009, so the production of the film was delayed. Finally, it was not shown at the Berlin Film Festival until February 2010.
- Polanski has determined that he will not attend the 2010 Berlin Film Festival because he is busy with litigation cases.
- While being held by the Swiss police, Polanski used telephone, email, and video methods to "guide" the filming of the film.
- The role of the shadow writer was originally intended to be played by Nicholas Cage. Later, Ivan McGregor replaced him.
- This is the first thriller filmed by Polanski since the film "The Ninth Gate" with a time background set in the present.
- Robert Ben Moussa and Alan Thad are the producers of this film. Prior to this, they also collaborated with Polanski on "The Pianist" and "Orphan Twist."
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Ettie 2021-11-28 08:01:19
Passing the note is very exciting
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Astrid 2022-03-22 09:01:41
Or the soundtrack of Alexander desplat is more feel, every melody sounded, the scalp tingled. It's a little shocking, the story is undoubtedly alluding to blair, every detail is so straightforward that a fool can understand, and the British Prime Minister's wife is a CIA spy, it's so psychedelic. And this kind of film has not been boycotted by stakeholders in the UK and the United States, which shows freedom of speech. And Ewan's character is very stupid and simple. He believes in strange politicians casually, and finally finds out the answer and handed a note to the femme fatale for a quick death? It's so stupid, so angry that the old man's eyes flashed gold stars for a while.
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Paul Emmett: A less equable man than I might start to find your questions impertinent.
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The Ghost: Well don't tell me you're going to read it now.
Richard Rycart: Not all of it, just the beginning. There's something very important about it.
The Ghost: Yeah, it's the cure for insomnia.