UK-based AI creative studio Wonder Studios has released the first episode in its four-part Black Mirror-style anthology Beyond The Loop, which it is billing as the first series of its kind to be created by an AI-native film studio.
Launched on YouTube today, the sci-fi drama entitled Memory Maker is written and directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Nik Kleverov, who is also Chief Creative Officer of California-based AI studio Native Foreign.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has fallen under the dominion of advanced androids, it follows Dr. Turner, one of the last celebrated “memory makers” – artists who craft vivid, lifelike memories that can be implanted into androids to give them a taste of what it means to feel alive. Turner and all the other characters in the drama are entirely AI generated.
“Creating Memory Maker was a really exciting journey of discovery,” said Kleverov. “We could iterate on complex visual sequences in real-time, explore narrative possibilities that would have been impossible with traditional methods, and focus our human creativity on the story and emotional core that makes cinema meaningful.”
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It is the first of four original short films that will be released on a bi-weekly basis in the coming weeks. Each film is 10 minutes in-length and created by a different creator or creative group, with distinct visual approaches and storytelling techniques enabled by AI technology.
Further episodes include consisting of Ikona (Created by Jovardi), The Hill (Created by Ethereal Moon), The Drift (Created by Noah Miller)
The series features the work of AI companies ElevenLabs, fal, Freepik, and Kling AI, which contributed their specialist technology to a fully integrated creative workflow and also take executive producer credits.
ElevenLabs provided AI voice generation and multilingual capabilities, enabling natural dialogue and global accessibility; fal delivered ultra-fast generative media processing (up to 4× faster than alternatives) with advanced LoRA fine-tuning capabilities.
Freepik offered visual content creation tools with built-in legal safeguards for commercial use, and Kling AI generated cinema-grade video content through state-of-the-art generative methods.
“Beyond the Loop represents our mission to unearth the best talent in this space and give them a platform. This isn’t just changing how films are made – it’s changing who gets to make them.” said Wonder Studios co-founder and Chief Creative Director, Justin Hackney.
“We’re breaking down traditional barriers to explore challenging themes through an anthology format. This is about finding people who aren’t just exploring the art form, but communicating the potential of this technology in creativity. The barrier to entry is now creative vision, not budget size.”
Wonder Studios co-founder and CEO Xavier Collins said the series was another step in AI tools become integral to entertainment.
“We’re pioneering a revolution where creators can iterate on visual ideas in real-time and access cinema-grade production from their laptop,” he said. “Together with our partners, we’re making high-quality content creation accessible while honouring the craft traditions that make great storytelling universal.”
Wonder Studios officially launched in April, having raised more than $3M in pre-seed funding with backers including LocalGlobe and Blackbird, Mati Staniszewski (Co-founder, ElevenLabs), Laura Modiano (Head of Startups, OpenAI), Ross Dinerstein (CEO, Campfire Studios), Ammaar Reshi (Design Lead, Google DeepMind), Mika Salmi (Founder, AtomFilms), Andre Haddad (CEO, Turo), and Peter Hepworth (former COO, Activision Blizzard EMEA) among others.