AWARENESS: Heads-Up For Daniel Benmayor’s Latest Sci-Fi Actioner Currently Filming For Amazon Prime
You’d be wise to take note of filmmaker Daniel Benmayor (Tracers, Bruc) who is still stirring things up behind the scenes. If you’re between streamers and you enjoyed Netflix actioner, Xtremo, then feast your eyes on the inaugural still photo for the new sci-fi thriller flick, Awareness, which began shooting last month in Cataluña, Madrid, and Castilla y León.
In Awareness we meet Ian (Carlos Scholz – Toy Boy, Feria: La luz más oscura), a rebellious teenager who lives with his father (Pedro Alonso – Money Heist, El ministerio del tiempo) on the outskirts of society. The two survive by running small scams using Ian’s ability to generate visual illusions upon unsuspecting victims. However, things get complicated when his powers get out of control in public and two opposing sides begin to hunt him down. On the run, Ian will have to decide which side he will fight with in the war he has been forced into.
The film also stars María Pedraza (Toy Boy, Élite), Óscar Jaenada (Hernán, Luis Miguel: La serie), and Lela Loren (American Gods, Altered Carbon). Juan Solá, Nacho Manubens, and Toni Sevilla of Federation Spain are producing the pic with Mark Albela (Cold Skin) on board as exec producer, with Benmayor and Xtremo partner Ivan Ledesma penning the script, and with Genaro Rodriguez returning as action designer and fight coordinator following Xtremo.
A release date remains pending while Benmayor’s recent affairs with Netflix for upcoming series, Welcome To Eden, have already seen an official trailer arise ahead of its May 6 premiere date on the streamer. I’m only catching up now because I struck up a conversation with a friend of mine named Iván E. Fernandez who often muses about Asian cinema like the rest of us in our circle, and even deep-dives a bit with some journalism of his own through his official YouTube channel at Ronin Cine Asiático. He’ll be interviewing Ledesma at some point and so I reckon giving the “Subscribe” button a nice little tap to get on board.
Per announcements back in March, María José Rodríguez, head of Spanish Originals, Amazon Studios stated the following: “We are very happy to start this production and have such a strong cast, with very well-known local faces who also happen to have spectacular international careers. We can’t think of any better ambassadors to present this ambitious sci-fi production, which also has an incredible technical team behind the cameras.”
Georgia Brown, head of European Originals, Amazon Studios added “Movies are an important feature in our catalogue and our local Spanish team are building an exceptional slate of exciting new titles for Prime Video audiences. Awareness stands out as a hit with its perfect combination of thrills, superpowers and we are delighted to be collaborating with Federation Spain to bring this to life.”
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