Hollywood stars Pamela Anderson and Michael Cera are in the
Ottawa area
shooting a new film called Love Is Not The Answer, and it’s
not a Christmas movie
.
Instead, it’s described as an absurdist comedy that marks the directorial debut of Cera, the 37-year-old Canadian actor known for roles in Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Barbie, to name a few. He also wrote the script.
The high-profile project is a boon for the Ottawa film industry, which is widely known as a setting for made-for-TV, holiday-themed romances. More than thirty holiday movies have been shot in the area.
While the exact location of the Cera shoot is under wraps, social-media users have posted sightings of Anderson and Cera in places ranging from the downtown core to the Ottawa Valley.
The production team is scheduled to be in the region for a month, from Nov. 10 to Dec. 10. Steve Coogan, Fred Hechinger and Jamie Dornan are also among the cast members.
For B.C.-born Anderson, the film continues the recent revival of her acting career in the years since she stopped wearing heavy makeup and reinvented her sex-symbol image. At 58, the former Baywatch babe now sports a trendy shag haircut framing her mascara-free face.
“I just felt like I had nothing to lose,” she told one interviewer. “I’m not trying to create a persona right now. I’m not trying to be famous. I want to experiment and open up conversations.”
After appearing alongside Liam Neeson in the 2025 instalment of The Naked Gun, Anderson has also made headlines for her budding relationship with Neeson. A recent video on social-media found the couple sampling Canadian brands of candy.
Few plot details on the new movie are available, although it’s billed as a “precise yet unpredictable, absurdist comedy that moves between hilarity and heartbreak as it explores modern loneliness and the search for connection.”
It is expected to debut at Cannes next year.
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