A Talk to Me spinoff series is coming in immersive 3D, Variety has learned.
Meta is teaming up with XRTV, a new immersive storytelling venture from the founders of Crypt TV, for the currently-untitled live action series.
Described as “Euphoria” with possession, it will follow a group of young travelers chasing the ultimate party on a European island until they discover the Hand, a supernatural high deadlier than any drug.
The series is being created exclusively for Meta headsets and shot fully in 3D. It will harness cutting-edge mixed reality technology to map viewers’ environments and immerse them in the story.
All six half-hour episodes will be written by Trent Atherton and directed by Craig William Macneill (“Them,” “Channel Zero”).
Talk to Me creators Danny & Michael Philippou will executive produce alongside Darren Brandl and Jack Davis for XRTV, Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton for Causeway Films, Andreas Michael Wentz and Juan Antonio Cano Trujillo for Sur Film, and Jeff Rich producing for Meta.
“The promise of XR is this idea that we can now map the story into your own space so you feel like you’re inside it,” said Brandl. “It’s a big leap past the previous 3D and immersive shows we’ve produced, because now, the canvas is your living room. Its superpower is presence: that awe of being transported, the unsettling feeling that a demon is with you — in your room.”
Brandl continued, “Talk to Me is the perfect immersive IP because it’s about young adults who seek the Hand to experience the euphoria of possession but end up tormented by breaking through to the spirit world. It made possession fun, and the scares unforgettable. Maybe we’re crazy, but we’re betting you’re going to want to feel possessed too, and with Meta’s new technology, we think for the first time you’ll believe it!”
“This groundbreaking technology is opening up new frontiers and we are delighted to be working with world leaders Meta and XRTV,” added Jennings and Ceyton. “The concept of Talk to Me is perfectly suited to the exciting possibilities of new kinds of immersive storytelling and we can’t wait to see the results.”
Released in 2022, Talk to Me follows a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand. They become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
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