KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 30 -- In December 2024, Astro Shaw lifted the curtain on its boldest long-term plan yet: the Astro Shaw Cinematic Universe (ASCU), a shared universe tying together characters from across its film and TV slate, all building toward a major crossover event projected for around 2028.

Through 2025, the studio continued releasing a steady slate of films and series - but one big question hung over the rollout: how would the ASCU actually look, and how would such different genres connect under one universe?

That answer finally arrived yesterday with Astro Shaw Cinematic Universe: The Beginning, a three-minute, 44-second first-look video that plants the earliest connective tissue of the ASCU.

Crucially, the video isn't linked...