The Lost Pearl of the Mojave
A Desert Town.
A Family Legacy.
A Story Waiting to Be Filmed.
An illustrated thirteen-episode screenplay born from a handmade model railroad—and now open to filmmakers who want to bring its scenes to life.
The story
A kingdom built in the sand
Captain Cameron Smith enters the Mojave chasing the legend of a lost Spanish pearl ship. What he discovers instead—gold, water, love, and opportunity—becomes the foundation of Oasis Palms and a family story stretching across 150 years.
Through railroad expansion, Prohibition, war, Route 66, and the fading desert towns of the twentieth century, each generation inherits both a kingdom and the cost of keeping it alive.
Enter the world
Where would you like to begin?
A world built twice
First in miniature.
Then in story.
Oasis Palms began as a three-dimensional model railroad. The streets, businesses, trains, and people invited a simple question: what happened here?
That question became a fictional history. The history became a layout film. And when viewers asked to see the whole movie, the screenplay began.
Explore the model railroad and its origins →Inside the story world
The fictional history of Oasis Palms
Follow the people, places, and events behind the town—from the Mojave frontier to the final years of the Lost Pearl.
Calling filmmakers
Choose a moment.
Make it cinematic.
Directors, actors, animators, editors, composers, virtual-production artists, and AI-assisted filmmakers are invited to interpret scenes from this story world.
Explore the Open Call