Abigail Hing Wen, Julie Liao & Meredith Chamberlain | The Vale Movie | GeekFest/CC Special 2026

New York Times bestselling author and filmmaker Abigail Hing Wen joins Executive Producers Julie Liao and Meredith Chamberlain for a special Comic Crusaders x GeekFest Film Fest conversation about THE VALE – ORIGINS.

The trio takes Al Mega behind the scenes of the hybrid live-action and animated short, exploring everything from Abigail’s original vision for The Vale to the creative, logistical and strategic realities of bringing ambitious original intellectual property to the screen.

They discuss artificial intelligence, human creativity, producing independent film, working with Lea Salonga and animation director John Aoshima, transmedia storytelling, interactive worlds, protecting an emotional story amid technological spectacle, and what it takes to evolve a bestselling novel into a potential cross-platform franchise.

This isn’t simply a conversation about making one movie.

It’s about building a universe.

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www.thevalemovie.com

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