Fully AI-Generated Sci-Fi Series 'Kira' Heads to MIPCOM as Ex Machina Expands Its Slate
An AI-focused production company called Ex Machina is taking its second television project to market: a six-part sci-fi series titled Kira, described as entirely AI-generated, with sales partner K5 International launching it at October's MIPCOM in Cannes — the annual global trade fair where distributors sell shows to buyers from around the world (Deadline).
Production on Kira was due to get underway shortly, according to the August 2026 report. The series is created, written and directed by French filmmakers Damien Steck and Julien Petit, with Ex Machina co-founder and CEO Marco Weber serving as executive producer. Weber's producing credits include the 2002 indie feature Igby Goes Down (Deadline).
The story follows a young girl named Kira on the living planet Djena in the far future, navigating shifting landscapes and mysterious factions to find her missing father and bring balance to her world. Steck previously served as director of photography on Cherry, which screened at the Tribeca film festival. The directing duo also won the Black Dolphin for Best Director at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, and spent four years producing the documentary Al Safar with the Misk Art Institute, in partnership with National Geographic and UNESCO (Deadline).
Kira is Ex Machina's second TV property after Space Nation, which counts Brazil's Globoplay and Utopai Studios as co-producers. Both Kira and Space Nation will have fully completed pilots screened at MIPCOM for potential buyers — meaning broadcasters and streaming platforms shopping for new titles will be able to watch a finished first episode, not just a pitch reel (Deadline).
Ex Machina was co-founded in January 2026 by Tom Ryan, who also co-founded the free streaming service Pluto TV, alongside producer Marco Weber and director Martin Weisz. The company has said it will use what it calls "ethical AI" — meaning productions still use real actors and human-authored scripts, with AI applied to the production pipeline rather than replacing the creative team (Deadline).
Beyond television, Ex Machina recently launched a theatrical slate with Mayfair Media Group. That slate includes projects from Roger Avary — co-writer of Pulp Fiction — and Alex Proyas, director of I, Robot and The Crow. Avary's Paradise Lost is scheduled for release in summer 2027 (Deadline).
Proyas's film Heaven, a dark satire described as being in the tradition of Terry Gilliam's Brazil, is produced using Ex Machina's proprietary AI tools. K5 International is handling worldwide sales on Heaven, which had its market debut at the Marché du Film in Cannes in May (Deadline).
What makes Kira notable is the label Ex Machina has put on it: "entirely AI-generated." That phrase sits at the centre of an industry-wide conversation about what AI can and should do in scripted production — and at MIPCOM, buyers will be able to judge the results for themselves.
