Veteran Producer Jainardhan Sathyan to Produce Sci-Fi-Themed 'Waystation'

LOS ANGELES—Veteran producer Jainardhan Sathyan is heading "Waystation," a proposed science fiction series that blends cinematic elements with cutting-edge virtual production.

“Waystation is a natural evolution of everything I’ve been building—character-driven storytelling, scalable sci-fi IP, and the smartest production tech available,” said Sathyan, who serves as Executive Producer. “We’re designing a universe that’s intimate yet epic, using tools that redefine how worlds are built.”

The story tells the tale of a resilient woman navigating a teleportation hub on her journey to Mars. What begins as a layover soon becomes a high-stakes clash with a dangerous fugitive—and an exploration of the light and dark forces within us all.

The project includes the deployment of IntelliTrack, a patented camera tracking system developed specifically for ICVFX and LED volume filmmaking. This technology will be implemented under the supervision of veteran ICVFX artist and IntelliTrack inventor - Venkatakrishnan Alwar, whose credits include Hollywood blockbusters such as "Maleficent," "Iron Man 3," and the "Harry Potter" series.

The creative team includes screenwriter Darren Dalton (Red Dawn, The Outsiders), director Rudolf Buitendach (Selling Isobel, Where the Road Runs Out), producer Gopi Ethamukala of Triangle Tales Pte Ltd, one of Singapore’s most prolific content creators for Mediacorp and IMDA.

The proof-of-concept for "Waystation" is designed as a launchpad for an Asia-Pacific-led sci-fi franchise targeting global streamers.

Sathyan had served as VFX Producer on Vendetta (starring Bruce Willis) and produced six blockbuster series for Pocket FM: Saving Nora, The Return, The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride, Insta Empire, Rekindled Heartache and Unravelling the Son-in-Law. The audio versions of these titles garnered hundreds of millions of plays on the Pocket FM platform. All six were adapted into live-action vertical and square-format videos, produced by Sathyan’s company, Hostage Film LLC.

Sathyan was honored in 2024 with a Silver Telly Award for Visual Effects and an American Marketing Association Award for Best Digital Campaign (Future48 – Your Future Made in Arizona). His work blends commercial success, artistic vision, and emerging tech in the field of film and digital media.