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Alex Proyas Returns: “Heaven” AI-Driven Film Pre-Sold at Cannes

4/23/2026

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Alex Proyas partners with Ex Machina Studios and K5 International to revive Heaven, which K5 will pre-sell at Cannes.
Heaven, Proyas’s first directing effort in a decade, follows a bureaucrat who discovers a perfect afterlife is an illusion, using Ex Machina’s AI to create worlds while keeping real actors and guild practices.
Producer Marco Weber is producing Heaven in Los Angeles, blending Proyas’s world-building with Ex Machina’s pipeline.

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Story summary

Alex Proyas partners with Ex Machina Studios and K5 International to revive Heaven, which K5 will pre-sell at Cannes.
Heaven, Proyas’s first directing effort in a decade, follows a bureaucrat who discovers a perfect afterlife is an illusion, using Ex Machina’s AI to create worlds while keeping real actors and guild practices.
Producer Marco Weber is producing Heaven in Los Angeles, blending Proyas’s world-building with Ex Machina’s pipeline.