The document provides information about the 2013 science fiction action film Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, and Sharlto Copley and was filmed in Mexico and Canada. Set in the year 2154, Elysium depicts an Earth divided between the wealthy, who inhabit the space station Elysium, and the poor left behind on an overpopulated, devastated planet.