Female-Led AR Drama Veil in the Works

Starlings Television and Canada’s Mediabiz International have aligned with Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group and Herbert Kloiber’s Night Train Media (NTM) for the futuristic, female-driven augmented reality drama Veil.

Veil takes place in the near future, when everyone has an implant in their brain that makes them see the world through a veil of augmented reality. When a computer virus makes them invisible to others, a woman is recruited to stop its spread. She discovers layers of falsehood, betrayal and conspiracy that need to be lifted to find the truth: rebels are amassing to bring down the world as we know it.

Craig Van Sickle (The Pretender, 24, Tin Man) is set as showrunner.

The project originating, which with Mediabiz International, was created by Shawn Whitney (A Brand New You). Karine Martin, CEO of both Mediabiz International and Starlings Entertainment, and executive producer Chris Philip, president of Starlings Television, packaged the series for the U.S. and international markets. Martin, Philip, Whitney, Van Sickle, Mediabiz International’s Anne-Catherine Lafaille, Kloiber and NENT’s Josephine Zapata Genetay and Fredrik Ljungberg will executive produce.

“We have developed Veil as an exciting, cutting edge tech-thriller that explores timely questions like manipulation of the truth in a society driven by technology,” said Martin. “I am thrilled to have such a robust creative, financial and distribution team invested in our project.”

Added Philip, “The outstanding collection of partners we’ve assembled for Veil clearly indicate its global appeal. We intend to bring them a series set in the near future filled with escapism and technological progress, yet deeply grounded in vulnerability that reflects current global events.”

“We are proud to launch our ambitious development slate with Veil in partnership with NENT, Starlings and Mediabiz,” said Kloiber. “With Night Train Media’s participation, we can deliver local streamers and networks a series meeting top-quality production standards and enable them to compete with global platforms for the same level of high-caliber premium content.”