EXCLUSIVE: Noah Centineo and Ivanna Sakhno are set to star in the animated short film, Meta, from award winning Prime Render Studios. The short film is under the banner of Centineo’s Arkhum Productions. Bozo Balov, Milivoj Popovic and Veljko Popovic will direct. Popovic penned the pic Centineo will produce alongside Arkhum’s Head of Production Enzo Marc, Prime Render Studios’ Veljko Popovic and Milivoj Popovic and Sacrebleu Productions.
The film follows a lonely photographer, lost in a disconnected and isolated world dominated by virtual reality, makes an unexpected connection with an AI, which challenges him to question the nature of consciousness and the blurred boundaries between reality and delusion.
“We are beyond thrilled to be collaborating with Ivanna and Prime Render Studios. Bozo, Milivoj, and Veljko are pushing boundaries in the animation space and this film Meta will be like nothing the world has ever seen,” said Arkhum’s Enzo Marc.
Centineo will be seen next starring in the highly anticipated A24 film Warfare, from directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. He will also reprise his starring role and serve as executive producer on season 2 of Netflix’s The Recruit.
Sakhno will be seen starring next in Blumhouse’s M3gan 2.0, the sequel to the hit film M3gan. She can currently be seen as ‘Shin Hati’ in the Disney+ series Ahsoka, produced and directed by Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau.
Veljko and Milivoj founded Prime Render Studios in 2002. Since its inception, they have teamed up on several animated films with Bozo Balov over the course of the past 20 years and have won over 70 awards as a group and also under the banner of Prime Render Studios. Their animated works have been celebrated and selected to play at over a hundred film festivals worldwide.
Centineo is repped by WME and Myman Greenspan Fox. Sakhno is repped by Gersh, United Agents, MJ Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
