Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson to star in Mike Cahill’s sci-fi drama ‘Bliss’
Filming started this week in Los Angeles and Croatia on visionary director Mike Cahill’s Bliss. Academy Award nominees Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson star in this science fiction “mind-bender,” also written by Cahill.
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.
Cahill said, “Working with this brilliant cast is a dream come true. Working with my dear friend and producer extraordinaire Jim Stern is a gift. And we couldn’t be more thrilled to be making this with Amazon Studios. As the industry continues to evolve, Amazon proves to be taking the most exciting risks on films with ambitious artistic goals that also aim to reach wide audiences. I feel so grateful to have our film Bliss included among their next round of groundbreaking works.”
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.
Hayek will next star alongside Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne in Paramount’s comedy Limited Partners which will be released in January 2020.
Wilson most recently starred in the adaptation of Raquel J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, alongside Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay. He was also featured in Lawrence Sher’s Father Figures alongside Ed Helms, Christopher Walken, J.K. Simmons, and Glenn Close.
(Source: Amazon)
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