When visionary filmmaker Doug Liman refers to this project as, “by far the most ambitious thing I’ve ever done” it speaks to the exciting ground being broken as spatial content shapes new forms of entertainment.
A group of strangers take the risk of a lifetime to travel to a nearby asteroid for the opportunity to mine for wealth beyond their wildest dreams.
Asteroid is an immersive film and interactive story extension made for the launch of Google’s new Android XR platform. The 180° immersive short film is a high-stakes action thriller about a group of strangers who take an old Russian Soyuz rocket to mine a near-earth, treasure laden asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth. After the film, the experience continues and the audience enters the world of Asteroid when they receive an SOS from one of the characters, DK Metcalf, who was left for dead. The viewer becomes a player when they are invited to aid in DK’s rescue. Through speaking with an AI-generated version of DK — played by the NFL player as himself — the user determines the truth about what happened on the asteroid and sends his exact location to NASA for rescue.
Blurring the lines of cinema and gaming, the immersive 180° short film stars Hailee Steinfeld, Rhenzy Feliz, DK Metcalf, Freida Pinto & Ron Perlman before inviting audiences to crossover into the story through a live, interactive conversational AI experience with the great DK Metcalf.
ASTEROID
Project Role
Creative Direction
Collaborators
30 Ninjas
Doug Liman
Press & Recognition
Venice International Film Festival
Forbes, Doug Liman’s ‘Asteroid’ Premieres At Venice
Deadline, Venice-Bound XR Thriller ‘Asteroid’