Maya Narrative Universe | Official Launch Trailer ft. Hugo Weaving. Anand Gandhi, Zain Memon - video Dailymotion

MAYA is an expansive narrative universe unfolding across films, games, books, graphic novels, and immersive experiences.

Transcript

00:00Our peace rests upon a barbarous elsewhere.

00:04Today, that elsewhere is here.

00:08Long ago, when all of Nei raged with war,

00:12when Garudas still hunted and Nargs lurked in the shadows,

00:16a storyteller unlike any other was born.

00:20And Nei rejoiced as this bard's tales ended all war.

00:25Soon the rulers of Nei discovered that they no longer needed armies.

00:29Why force obedience when you can shape desire itself?

00:34For those who control the bard control everything.

00:39Every craving, every fear could now be quietly sparked by a tale.

00:46A spark ignites a flame. A flame roars into an inferno.

00:52Just before a seller knocks at your door, you begin craving their honey meal.

00:58Days before your neighbour is dragged away into the night, you begin to distrust them.

01:05The bard knows all that was, all that is, and hence, all that will be.

01:13Who is this bard, you ask?

01:16They call it Maya, the story tree.

01:20Now, when you gaze into Maya, Maya gazes back into you.

01:27And it does not blink.

01:30Blink.

01:34Brink.

01:36I don't care.

01:42You