Media
See below for media releases and coverage for New Canvas and our projects. For more information or media assets, please contact Wadooah Wali.
Media Releases
New Canvas Teams With Acclaimed Creators Diana Glenn and Sarah Goodes on Coltrane, a First-of-Its-Kind, VR Noir Thriller – 15th July 2025
NC Play Drops New, Multiplatform Party Game ‘Pop & Drop’ Now Available in Meta Horizon – 25th June 2025
Pioneer XR Studio ‘New Canvas’ Unveils ‘NC Play’: Taps into Mobile & Casual Markets with New Game Division – 22nd May 2025
‘Beyond the Ban’ – When Brooklyn Was Queer Hits Major Milestones + Watch Virtual Showcase Replay on YT – 3rd March 2025
Tapping Into History: Michela Marino Lerman & Matt McCorkle Bring Movement, Rhythm & Immersive Sound to When Brooklyn Was Queer – 20th Feb 2025
New for the Meta Quest Platform, New Canvas Releases Remastered Atlas Obscura VR App – 11th Dec 2024
More Momentum For ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ Immersive Production – 29th Oct 2024
New Canvas, Partners with MA Productions & Elliot Page & PAGEBOY Productions to develop a VR Adaptation When Brooklyn Was Queer – 6th March 2024
Kinetic Energy Entertainment Joins New Canvas as Strategic Advisors – 16th Jan 2024
New Canvas Receives Screen Australia Support for Season 2 of Its Acclaimed VR Series Lustration – 23rd Nov 2023
New Canvas’ VR Series Lustration Nominated for Best Narrative Experience in the Metaverse category for the 27th Annual Webby Award – 4th April 2023
New Canvas collabs with Polygon Studios on ‘LUSTRATION’ NFT launch at Venice Immersive – 1st Sept 2022
XR series Lustration continues impressive festival and award streak – 15th August 2022
Lustration Episode 4 World Premiere at SeriesFest 2022 – 5th May 2022
XR studio New Canvas’ Lustration Episode 2 available on Meta’s Oculus TV – 8th April 2022
Lustration Episode 1 now available on Meta’s Oculus TV – 25th March 2022
Lustration selected to World Premiere at SXSW 2022 – 2nd Feb 2022
Wadooah Wali joins New Canvas as CSO – 19th Jan 2022
Lustration series production announced – 15th Sept 2021
New studio, New Canvas launches – 15th Dec 2020
Media Coverage
Diana Glenn to Star in New Canvas, Jacaranda Productions’ Hong Kong-Set VR Noir Thriller ‘Coltrane’ – Variety.com July 2025
New Canvas teams with Diana Glenn, Sarah Goodes for VR noir thriller ‘Coltrane’ – IF.com.au July 2025
NC Play releases ‘Pop & Drop’ cross-platform game, teases ‘Lustration’ title – IF.com.au June 2025
Pop & Drop Released For Meta Horizon This Week – BleedingCool.com June 2025
NC Play Drops New, Multiplatform Party Game ‘Pop & Drop’ Now Available in Meta Horizon – GamesPress.com June 2025
Pioneer XR Studio ‘New Canvas’ Unveils ‘NC Play’: Taps into Mobile & Casual Markets with New Game Division – GamesPress.com May 2025
New Canvas expands into games with launch of NC Play – IF.com.au May 2025
Rediscovering Ourselves Through Immersive Productions: Conversation With Cameron Kostopoulos, Paula Orlando, Rocio Pichirili, Wadooah Wali And Yasmin Elayat – XRMust Sept 2024
Elliot Page to produce virtual reality series about Brooklyn’s queer history – NBC News, March 2024
Elliot Page to Executive Produce a Series on Brooklyn’s Fascinating Queer History—in VR – The Mary Sue, March 2024
Elliot Page Is Producing a VR Experience About Brooklyn’s Queer History – Them.us, March 2024
Elliot Page Dives into VR: Bringing Brooklyn’s Queer Past to Life – Gayety, March 2024
Elliot Page Boards New Canvas VR Adaptation of Hugh Ryan’s ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ – Variety, March 2024
New Canvas To Adapt Lgbtq+ Best-Seller When Brooklyn Was Queer In Virtual Reality – XRMust, March 2024
New Canvas Unveils VR Adaptation of Hugh Ryan’s Book ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer‘ – Blockster, March 2024
Elliot Page to partner with New Canvas on VR series ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ – InsideFilm.com.au, March 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery & Acme Innovation Announce ‘Collider On The Lot’ Accelerator Program – Blockster, Feb 2024
New Canvas selected for WB Discovery and Acme Innovation accelerator program – InsideFilm.com.au, Feb 2024
Examining the Notions of Truth in Our Society via VR – SIGGRAPH, Feb 2024
SCREEN AUSTRALIA invests in 31 new creative ventures – TVBlackBox, Nov 2023
New Canvas Receives Screen Australia Support for Season 2 of Its Acclaimed VR Series ‘Lustration’ – Blockster, Nov 2023
New Canvas’ ‘Lustration’ nominated for Webby Award – InsideFilm.com.au, April 2023
The Evolution of Narrative VR: A Social Approach to Immersive Entertainment, – Blockster, April 2023
Interview with Co-Founder & CEO Nathan Anderson of New Canvas – Metamandrill.com, Feb 2023
Film3: New Kids On The Blockchain – InsideFilm (#208), Oct-Nov 2022
New Canvas to Launch Lustration NFT and Social Token on Polygon – Polygon.technology, Sept 2022
Future of metaverse entertainment: Concerts, theme parks and movies in the virtual world – Lifestyle Asia, August 2022
‘Transformative period’ for emerging technologies in storytelling – InsideFilm.com.au, July 2022
Peter Hegedus’ ‘Sorella’s Story’, Ryan Griffen’s ‘Lustration’ selected for Venice Immersive – InsideFilm.com.au, July 2022
Welcome to The Between: behind the scenes of VR animated series ‘Lustration’ – Oculus Blog, June 2022
Comics in VR! Games For Change! Halloween in July! (Podcast) – NoProscenium, June 2022
Review – LUSTRATION: connecting mainstream audiences to immersive stories – XRMust, June 2022
Lustration: Meta’s new VR film is a hand-drawn visual force – Mixed-News.com, May 2022
“Lustration” Afterlife Detective VR Episodic Series Explores Multi-Perspective Narratives – Voices of VR, May 2022
Reality bytes: How Caitlin Lomax traversed from modelling to the metaverse – Harpers Bazaar, May 2022
‘Lustration’ Animates Afterlife Noir Graphic Novel on Quest (Q&A) – NoProscenium, April 2022
“Community as a big part of storytelling” – LUSTRATION VR – XR Must, March 2022
A historic contingent of seven Australian projects selected for SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL 2022 – TVBlackBox, Feb 2022
Back to Back’s ‘Shadow’ and six other Australian films at SXSW – Screenhub, Feb 2022
SXSW 2022 films line up schedule – Deadline.com, Feb 2022
Kevin Conroy, Shakira Clanton among voice cast for Ryan Griffen’s ‘Lustration VR’ – InsideFilm.com.au, Sept 2021
Kevin Conroy, Shakira Clanton among voice cast for Ryan Griffen’s ‘Lustration VR’ – DaysTech, Sept 2021
Nathan Anderson launches VR entertainment studio, New Canvas – InsideFilm.com.au, Dec 2020