Trivia

Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns interviewed Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca extensively for the film.

Gary Oldman perfected his German accent by listening to the German comedian Henning Wehn.

Based on the non-fiction book "Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite" by Jake Bernstein, that exposes the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.

Steven Soderbergh spent three years developing the film.

Meryl Streep's involvement was instrumental in getting the film financed.