Uncredited producer Tom Cruise was so impressed by Carrie-Anne Moss that he wanted her in Mission: Impossible III (2006), but she ultimately had to drop out due to schedule delays.
Seven and a half million dollars of the budget came from New Mexico through an interest-free loan. In return, the state received two and a half percent of the box-office, until it made ninety million dollars or over, at which point, they received three percent of the gross.
Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, and Ben Affleck were all said to have expressed interest in appearing in this movie in the late 1990s. Cruise eventually took up a position as producer instead, but he asked to have his name removed from the credits just prior to release.
The script came to Carrie-Anne Moss a couple of weeks after she heard about "remote viewing" on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986). Since this movie is based on this subject, she said that she took it as a sign.