Ex Machina’s Wildly Ambitious AI-Generated Series ‘Kira’ Is Headed to MIPCOM, Check out the First Look

Artificial intelligence has already reshaped how movies and shows get pitched, developed, and marketed, but full productions built entirely through AI generation remain a genuine rarity in the industry. Most studios are still treading carefully around the technology, wary of both the creative limitations and the backlash that’s followed other attempted AI experiments in Hollywood.

One company betting big against that caution is Ex Machina, an AI-oriented production outfit that’s already been quietly developing ambitious feature films alongside veteran filmmakers Roger Avary and Alex Proyas. That slate is now expanding into television for the first time.

Ex Machina is launching its next project as an entirely AI-generated sci-fi series titled ‘Kira,’ with sales partner K5 International set to begin pre-sales on the show at October’s MIPCOM market in Cannes. Production on the six-part epic drama is expected to get underway shortly.

‘Kira’ comes from French filmmaking and cinematography duo Damien Steck and Julien Petit, who both previously worked together on the Tribeca entry ‘Cherry,’ with Steck serving as director of photography on that project. The pair are credited as creators, directors, and writers on ‘Kira,’ marking a significant step up in scale from their earlier collaboration.

Ex Machina co-founder and CEO Marco Weber, a veteran film producer whose credits include ‘Igby Goes Down,’ is executive producing the series. Weber’s involvement signals just how central ‘Kira’ is to the company’s broader push into AI-driven storytelling beyond its existing feature film slate.

According to the official synopsis, ‘Kira’ is set in the far future on a living planet called Djena, following a young girl with a great destiny as she navigates an ever-evolving landscape and mysterious factions in search of her missing father, all while trying to bring balance to her world. That premise leans into familiar chosen-one storytelling conventions, though the entirely AI-generated visual approach positions the series as a genuine experiment in how far the technology can stretch epic, world-building science fiction on a TV budget.

First-look concept images released alongside the announcement give an early glimpse at the world of Djena, offering a preview of the visual style Ex Machina is aiming for ahead of the show’s MIPCOM debut. Given how early the project remains in its development, those images represent some of the only concrete details available about the series so far.

The launch of ‘Kira’ adds a new dimension to Ex Machina’s growing portfolio, which has so far centered on ambitious feature film projects tied to established filmmakers like Avary and Proyas. Moving into episodic television suggests the company sees real commercial potential in longer-form AI-generated storytelling, particularly as buyers at markets like MIPCOM begin evaluating what this kind of production can actually deliver.

Whether ‘Kira’ finds buyers at its October debut will likely serve as an early test case for how receptive the wider television industry is to fully AI-generated content at this scale. With production expected to begin soon after the MIPCOM pre-sales push, more details about casting, voice work, and release timing should start emerging in the months ahead.

As AI continues reshaping how stories get made across film and television, ‘Kira’ stands out as one of the more ambitious attempts yet to build an entire epic universe using the technology.

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