That can mean anything from 'subordinated to' to 'informed by'. The piece you cite says it tried to get things right by bringing in people who know the territory to serve as consultants. That seems not only intellectually honest, but smart.

Hollywood, Arab-Americans and civil activism
09 February 2007

Washington, D.C. - As we watch events and relationships between the United States and the Middle East evolve, we don’t see many positives. However, a couple of meetings this week in Washington, DC showed me that there are some signs of progress although they might seem quite small.

A short while back, I wrote about a new Hollywood blockbuster film debuting this April called “The Kingdom”. This movie focuses on terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia where Americans living in Western compounds were killed. It stars two Academy Award winners, Jamie Fox and Chris Cooper, along with superstar Jennifer Garner and even country star Tim McGraw. It has an $80 million budget and with its thriller, shoot-em-up style looks to be a real box-office winner.

The day after the article appeared in the Arab News, I received an e-mail from the technical director of the movie, Ahmed Al-Ibrahim. He told me to give him a call. The power of the press shows through again.

Ahmed is a Saudi and he was called in early in the production of the film to advise on technical issues. My question to Ahmed was whether this film would present a fair and honest view of Saudis and Saudi Arabia. We agreed to meet at the offices of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to discuss this issue with him and officials of the ADC and Friends of Saudi Arabia (FSA).

Ahmed assured us that the film was going to present a fair perspective on Saudi Arabia and Saudis. We were all quite pleased that Universal Studios had actually employed a Saudi as a consultant to the movie. Employing Arab and Muslim consultants on films relevant to them has not been done very often in the movie industry. Both ADC and FSA were impressed with Ahmed and the role he is playing with Universal Studios in their production of “The Kingdom”. Ahmed went on to say that although this movie was fictional and a “Hollywood thriller” and would take liberties accordingly, the preview did not present a true view of what the final movie would be. Ahmed said, “All of you will be pleasantly surprised when you see the final product. Saudis and Saudi Arabia come out looking very good in the film. The producers really listened to what I had to say about, not only technical matters, but also fairness to the Saudis.”