Cascade Studio has announced the Open Beta launch of Cascade, an AI-native production platform that says it is “built to bring Hollywood-grade storytelling infrastructure to creators of any size”.
Founded by film and virtual production veterans behind global blockbusters including Avengers: Endgame, No Time To Die, Wicked, Masters of the Air and Pinocchio, Cascade seeks to give creators a seamless, end-to-end production platform with integrated tools to develop, manage and scale productions from first idea to final delivery.
Described by its founders as “the Unreal Engine of storytelling”, Cascade is powered by a proprietary agentic AI framework that understands the filmmaking process. Acting as a creative co-pilot throughout production, the platform helps creators develop ideas, build assets, manage projects and orchestrate workflows through natural interaction, while keeping every creative decision firmly in human hands.
Cascade has been built for scaling productions and IP. Its asset-based system enables creators to maintain character consistency, visual coherence and IP integrity across entire projects – from shot to shot, series to series, and across expanding storyworlds and sequels. Cascade brings AI-generated content, existing creative assets and live-action production together seamlessly in a single platform. The result is a scalable production environment where solo creators or agile teams can build everything from teasers, trailers and advertising campaigns to episodic series, animation, films and music videos without juggling multiple tools, subscriptions or disconnected workflows.
“Too many great stories never make it to screen – and we built Cascade to change that,” said Simon Windsor, CEO of Cascade Studio. “We didn’t set out to build another AI generation tool. That’s not what the industry needs. What we’ve created is the all-in-one production environment we wished we’d had throughout our careers. The creativity has always been there, but what the industry has been missing is a platform that connects everything – one that supercharges high-grade production while respecting the creative process and helping storytellers bring ambitious ideas to life. That’s what Cascade is. The production platform modern storytelling has been waiting for. We’re redefining who can make films, how fast they can make them, and at what quality.”
Cascade was co-founded by a team whose combined credits span some of the most innovative productions of the past decade: Simon Windsor, co-founder and former co-CEO of Dimension Studio; Junaid Baig, former lead of DNEG rendering and pipeline whose credits include Avengers: Endgame, Tenet, Fantastic Beasts, and No Time To Die; and Darren Hopkins, technology entrepreneur, former CFO of Dimension Studio, and CEO of AI-focused investment firm Mollyroe PLC.
The company has also appointed games industry pioneer Dominic Wheatley, co-founder and former CEO of Eidos, as Chairman.
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