Whereas the real-life reporter, Victor Malarek, is played with his real name, the role of the real set up and imprisoned Alain Olivier, is named as fictional Daniel Léger (although, of whom, the real 'Léger', Olivier, does get a brief cameo as passenger on the boat).
At the beginning of the movie, when sorting through the paycheck envelopes, one of the envelopes is for J.J. Abrams.
Movie was being promoted as being titled "Most Wanted" by Jim Gaffigan on the Comedy Bang Bang Podcast, Episode 665.