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Hugo Weaving Voices Maya Trailer at Worldcon Seattle and IFBE Mumbai

The debut teaser signals the creators’ staged transmedia rollout with a Kickstarter launch for Maya: Book One.

Overview

  • Hugo Weaving narrated the first Maya trailer, opening with the line “For those who control the bard, control everything.”
  • The teaser introduces Maya’s science-fiction fantasy world on planet Neh, where sentient trees form a living internet and immortal Divyas predict futures.
  • Maya’s trailer dropped simultaneously at Worldcon 2025 in Seattle and The Independence Project at IFBE Mumbai to engage both genre fans and design audiences.
  • Creators Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon highlighted a four-year interdisciplinary build involving geologists, biologists, linguists, architects and artists.
  • The franchise’s first consumer release, Maya: Book One, is scheduled to launch soon on Kickstarter, with films, games and immersive experiences to follow.