Amazon Studios started principal photography on visionary director Mike Cahill’s (I Origins, Another Earth) Bliss in Los Angeles and Croatia. Academy Award nominees Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson are set to star in this sci-fi drama also written by Cahill. Endgame Entertainment’s James D. Stern is producing, with the company’s Lucas Smith serving as executive producer. Marsha Swinton (Hala) will also executive produce.

A mind-bending love story… Recently divorced Greg (Wilson) whose life is falling apart meets the enchanting Isabel (Hayek), a woman who lives on the streets and is convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is not real. She believes they are living in an ugly, harsh world simulation inside of the beautiful, peaceful “real” world of bliss. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy theory.

Director of photography is Markus Förderer (Skyscraper, I Origins), and the editor is Troy Takaki (I Origins, Almost Christmas). Production design is by Kasra Farahani (Captain Marvel, Black Panther), with costumes from Annie Bloom (No Escape, Surrogates).

Cahill is most known for his films Another Earth and I Origins which were released by Fox Searchlight. Both films won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the Sundance Film Festival where they premiered. He also directed the pilots of The Magicians, The Path, and Rise.

Producer James Stern is a long-time entertainment producer and director, produced more than 30 films, over 20 Broadway shows, and various other entertainment properties. In 2002, Stern founded Endgame Entertainment. His most recent productions include Netflix’s Murder Mystery, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, Fox Searchlight’s The Old Man and the Gun, directed by David Lowery starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck, and Sony Classic’s political documentary, American Chaos, which Stern produced and directed. Past credits include Rian Johnson’s international hit Looper, Oliver Stone’s Snowden, Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There and Hotel Rwanda. Additionally, Stern is a two-time Tony Award-winning producer (The Producers, Hairspray).

Cahill is repped by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, Hayek is represented by CAA, Evelyn O’Neill at Management 360 and attorney Bill Sobel at Laird & Sobel, and Wilson is repped by UTA.