Chiles Clara Films and Barcelona-based VFX studio Unbound Hub have forged a strategic development pact for the upcoming dystopian TV series, Numana.
Created by Argentine writers Jesica Arn (Pjaros Negros) and Soledad Velasco (Disney+s Dreaming High), the project participated atConecta Fictions High End Pitch session.
We are thrilled to partner with Unbound Hub in the development of Numana, said producer Clara Larrain of Clara Films.
Nowadays, investors fear unpredictable budgets that a series like this can mean, so having Unbound Hub on board this early will be instrumental not only in bringing our dystopian vision to life, but in reducing risk.
Together, we aim to create an immersive and captivating viewing experience that will maximize production value and simplify our VFX journey, she added.
Numana is set in the year 2069 when babies are made on demand by an all-powerful company called Numana. Alex and Mia are among those babies-on-demand. Alex is flawed while Mia is the perfect version. Years later they find out that they were accidentally swapped as babies and the only way for them to survive is to overthrow the omnipotent Numana.
The ontological question asked by this TV show is: What are we willing to sacrifice for our own salvation? As soon as we become products, we lose the essence of what makes us unique: Remaining human, said Velasco and Arn, adding: Being Numano [a genetically modified product of the Numana Babies program], is a way of losing some of our humanity.
Inspired by the dystopian near-future universes of such classics as Aldous Huxleys Brave New World as well as Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun, the show promises to offer a thought-provoking world view on the human condition.
This is thesecond Chilean sci-fishow to emerge from Conecta Fiction, perhaps signalling a new wave of genre projects that steer away from the many politically-themed projects that tap Chiles traumatic past under the Pinochet regime.
Founded by Hector Acosta and Pablo Pueyo, Unbound Hub has worked on such acclaimed series as HBO Maxs A Thousand Fangs (Mil Colmillos) by the late Colombian director-creatorJaime Osorio, feature film Siete Cabezas, winner of the Premio Macondo for visual effects, and Netflix series Bienvenidos al Eden, among other projects.
Expressing his excitement over Unbounds new collaboration with Clara Films, Acosta said: By combining our technical prowess and creative visions, we will deliver high quality visual effects that enhance the storytelling and transport viewers into the heart of this dystopian world.
Additional details, including showrunner and cast, will be unveiled in the coming months.
Clara Films credits include: White is for Virgins, available on HBO Max, Atacama and HomoNova. Aullido de Invierno by Matas Rojas is set to premiere this year.
Meanwhile, its in post on What Was Left Unsaid by Ricardo Valenzuela (FFA Production 2021) and is in pre-production on The Ivy (La Hiedra) by Ecuadors Ana Cristina Barragn (Ikusmira Berriak, Cinemart, Ibermedia Coproduccion), You Tell Me by Jacqueline Pepall and Detrs del Mar by Paula Roman (FFA Production 2023).
Numana presentation at Conecta Fiction 2023 Courtesy of Clara Films