AI studio Asteria, co-founded by Natasha Lyonne and filmmaker Bryn Mooser, has formed a strategic partnership with Brooklyn virtual-production company ZeroSpace. The companies say they want to create hybrid filmmaking workflows that combine generative AI with physical production, potentially making advanced visual-effects and virtual-production tools more accessible to filmmakers.

Asteria, based in Los Angeles, will provide ZeroSpace with products including its Continuum AI operating system, while Asteria gains access to ZeroSpace’s ZeroGen platform, which is designed to generate studio content within legal guidelines. The partners also plan original productions, research and education programmes, and say the collaboration is intended to support rather than replace actors, cinematographers, designers and VFX artists.