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Soderbergh and Blanchett had been planning to collaborate on a different film, but when that didn’t come to fruition, the director pivoted to screenwriter David Koepp’s wry, unconventional take on an espionage story.

He tapped screenwriter Jack Thorne to capture his ideas, with the pair collaborating on the characters and the arc of the story.

The film’s director and screenwriter Sean Baker also made history, earning four Oscar statuettes for the same movie.

"Because he didn't want any screenwriter to tell him how he was supposed to feel at that moment," Sonnenfeld said.

Toole, the author of the short story that inspired “Million” screenwriter Paul Haggis.