'The Negotiator' trivia and fun facts

Short filming

The period of principal photography on this picture, according to producer Monica Levinson, was just thirty-three days.

Inspiration

Writer-producer Tony Gilroy revealed to Kevin Smith at the IMDb Studio at Sundance 2018 that Beirut (2018) was sprung from political conversations he had with a fellow producer on the set of Pasión por el triunfo (1992), which Gilroy wrote.