Viator movie
From AI pre-visualization to live-action cinema.
LogLine
In a points-based game an extraterrestrial gamer VIATOR is sent to Earth incarnated as a human learning by trial & error how the points are earned to return home.
FILM Overview
Genre
Sci-Fi Action Thriller
Planned Release
2028
Film Format
High-Concept Feature, English
Status
In Development / Financing
Tory Games is a successful businessman, the owner of an industrial software company. His life is full of prosperity and joy, but something is missing. Tory tries to find his purpose in life.
Tory Games is Viator, an alien soul trapped in a human form. Through spiritual encounters, Viator’s memories resurface, revealing his past lives (as a ninja assassin, a Nazi officer, and more). He realizes that he has not always been a good man, and that is why his soul has lost energy points. To regain his points, he needs to do good deeds so that his soul can return back home.
When Viator’s gamer friend Tibor arrives on Earth incarnated as Agent Torn, a governmental assassin, their paths intertwine. Torn is assigned to eliminate witnesses who are exposing corruption at a nuclear power plant, a long-term customer of Tory’s firm. After one witness is killed another witness seeks Tory’s help. Now, Tory knows that to fulfil his life’s purpose he must act, expose this crime and protect another witness from agent Torn. Will Tory succeed to protect the witness and how will the final showdown between two aliens end?
The Filmmakers
The filmmakers of VIATOR form a dynamic international team. They combine diverse perspectives and disciplines to bring the project to its highest creative potential.
Angelina Fluehler
Alexander Bruckner
Alexander Bruckner graduated from the film directing program at the New York Film Academy and holds a degree in Film & TV Production. He is the founder of Live Free, Live Film Productions and works as a director, producer, and screenwriter.
His short film The Passenger premiered in 2020 and has since been selected for over 150 film festivals worldwide, winning more than 75 awards. Alexander has worked on numerous commercials and feature film projects and is an internationally recognized film professional, a member of the Austrian Film Academy, and the founder of the Vienna International Film Awards.
Genki Takigawa
Genki Takigawa is a Japanese filmmaker and producer, CEO of Studio-884.Pro Inc.
He graduated from Ritsumeikan University, contributing to The Tale of Kyoto Uzumasa under the guidance of renowned director Yoji Yamada. He trained under acclaimed director Takashi Miike and worked for commercials, music videos, and concept-driven visual projects. His multidisciplinary approach spans directing, producing, screenwriting, cinematography and editing. All five of his nationally released concept films were successfully sold at international film festivals and overseas markets. His directorial debut won two New York Film Awards and was selected for the International Panorama at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Alessandro Giovanetto
Alessandro Giovanetto is an Italian film composer and guitarist with an international background shaped by living in Europe and the Middle East.
He holds a BA in Contemporary Music Performance and an MA in Composition for Media from the Royal College of Music in London, and has been mentored by composers including John Lunn, Maurizio Malagnini, and Rob Lane.
His work spans feature films, short films, and international releases, most recently composing the soundtrack for the feature documentary Food For Profit, presented at the Cannes Market in 2024 and distributed internationally.
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Nick is a highly talented AI creator, director, and producer with a strong cinematic vision.
Kate Kirpichenko
Kate Kirpichenko is a London based communications strategist working across film, art, and creative ventures. She is currently completing her MSc in Entrepreneurship at University College London.
Her background combines hands on production experience on film sets with strategic communications roles. She brings an international perspective to her work. She oversees communications and the project’s public narrative across digital platforms.
Director’s statement
My motivation to direct VIATOR comes from a deeply personal place: a fascination with the questions of who we are, why we exist, and how our choices shape the world around us. This film speaks to the core of what drew me to filmmaking: the ability to use storytelling to explore universal truths and inspire audiences to reflect on their own lives.
VIATOR is not just a story; it’s a journey, one that delves into themes of identity, free will, and the eternal struggle for purpose. I was captivated by the idea of a character who seemingly has everything yet feels an unshakable emptiness. Tory Games’ search for meaning mirrors the questions I have often asked myself about the balance between ambition and authenticity, success and fulfillment.
Directing this film allows me to merge my love for thought-provoking narratives with my passion for visual storytelling. The screenplay offers a rich canvas to explore striking contrasts: the sharp, controlled world of Tory’s corporate life versus the dreamlike, ethereal spaces of his spiritual awakening. These visual juxtapositions resonate with the film’s central conflict and provide a powerful means to engage the audience emotionally and intellectually.
But beyond the aesthetics, my motivation lies in the impact this story can have. VIATOR challenges viewers to consider the choices they make and the legacies they leave behind. It’s a film that asks: Are we truly free, or do we live within constructs that limit our potential? These are questions I grapple with, and I believe they are more relevant than ever in our complex modern world.
In directing VIATOR, my hope is to craft an experience that moves, inspires, and lingers, inviting audiences to see themselves reflected in Tory’s journey and to explore their own paths with renewed purpose.
Author’s & Producer’s statement
In all years writing various publications I’ve never told the story that I wanted to tell. That is about to change now. So, I decided to write a spec screenplay in sci-fi genre. My background in physics helped me in depth with the screenplay and to introduce new science-fiction ideas.
By the way, let me give you an insight into what this movie is about & why there is more for you here than you might think. Have you ever felt yourself like you are in the game? And the reality around you was constructed for you? Are our life journeys reality or merely a game or both?
This though brought me to the idea of VIATOR, an extraterrestrial gamer trapped in a point-based simulation on Earth, incarnated as a human. Points are only revealed when all information is known. Good, evil, and truth are deferred until the game is over.
This is a story about morality beyond mankind, seen through the eyes of an alien learning right from wrong the hard way. The fact that points are Galactical – not terrestrial, shows that good deeds transcend the Universe. Thus, the rules of the game are Galactical rules and not how humans interpret them at a specific point of time.
If you’re interested in high concept action driven sci-fi with philosophical stakes, then join the journey with us and become a part of it.
ATMOSPHERIC AI Concept Trailer
On his home planet, VIATOR, an alien, plays a points-based game, that sends his soul to Earth, where he reincarnates as the owner of a software company, who learned from his dark pasts that points are earned only from good deeds, thus fighting corruption and crimes done by his alien friend, another gamer incarnated as assassin, is his last chance to earn enough points and to get back home.
ALT EDIT AI Concept Trailer
After a few life-journeys, an extraterrestrial gamer, VIATOR realizes that his life is a game with only one way to get back home before it is too late.
Film + Gaming Concept
What if life on Earth was just a game — and we were the avatars? VIATOR is a tense sci-fi thriller about an extraterrestrial player trapped in a human body, fighting to survive Earth’s “level” before time runs out.
Why This Film? – Its high-concept idea blends sci-fi gaming culture with a survival thriller, based on award-winning screenplay with a potential for an action franchise.
