McQuarrie had written the action thriller screenplay ''Iron Curtain'' in 2003,<ref name=Iron>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|date=April 24, 2023|first=Matt|title=Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society, Christopher McQuarrie To Produce Action Thriller 'Iron Curtain' In Works At Amazon|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/michael-b-jordan-christopher-mcquarrie-to-produce-iron-curtain-thriller-2-1235335114/|access-date=August 6, 2024|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and by March 2004 was atatchedattached to also direct and produce the project for [[Intermedia, (company)|Intermedia]],<ref name=Par>{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=March 18, 2004|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/mcquarrie-reports-for-duty-at-par-1117901931/|title=McQuarrie reports for duty at Par|access-date=August 6, 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> before the rights later transferred to the Resurgence Media Group. On April 24, 2023, it was announced that the project had been revived at [[Amazon MGM Studios|Amazon Studios]], with McQuarrie and [[Erik Jendresen]] set to rewrite the screenplay and McQuarrie also producing the project alongside [[Michael B. Jordan]]'s Outlier Society.<ref>{{Citeweb|lastname=Grobar|date=April 24, 2023|first=Matt|title=Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society, Christopher McQuarrie To Produce Action Thriller 'Iron Curtain' In Works At Amazon|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/michael-b-jordan-christopher-mcquarrie-to-produce-iron-curtain-thriller-2-1235335114/|access-date=August 6, 2024|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
