ElevenLabs partners with Oscar winner Danny Boyle on film series | Sifted

ElevenLabs, the buzzy synthetic voice startup, and Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle have backed an upcoming series of “Black Mirror”-style short films from creative studio Wonder, made using GenAI tools. Tech companies have been cosying up to Hollywood in recent months. Oscar-winning director Darren Aronofsky recently announced a partnership with Google DeepMind to produce AI-assisted short films. Meanwhile indie production house A24 has brought on Adobe executive Scott Belsky to lead on tech projects. The four-part series, launching on YouTube and Vimeo in July 2025, is the brainchild of London-based Wonder, which uses AI to make films and recently raised funds from angels from OpenAI, ElevenLabs and DeepMind. Each 10-minute episode will be directed by a different filmmaker and will explore ideas like consciousness and simulation. ElevenLabs has been brought on as an executive producer alongside three other generative media platforms: Spain-based Freepik, US-based Fal.ai and Beijing-based Kling AI, each contributing tools and assistance to the filmmakers.  Boyle — whose credits include Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire — has mentored the creators involved. Additional filmmaking support has come from Danny Perkins, creator of the Paddington films, and Jon Goldman, who developed a series of video games based on
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