Generative AI

Once a lab experiment, AI is now baked into Netflix’s creative pipeline, shaping hundreds of movies and shows across multiple stages. The company says it’s there to boost productions, not sideline artists.

Young Washington director Jon Erwin is leaning hard into AI, calling it a safer, more affordable way to make movies. In a new Variety interview, he breaks down how the tech shaped the production — and why the choice is stirring debate.

George Washington’s big-screen return is already under fire, as viewers and critics slam a new biopic for reportedly leaning on AI — turning a history epic into a tech flashpoint.

Martin Scorsese’s quick embrace of AI in filmmaking has kicked a hornet’s nest in Hollywood. Days after teaming with Black Forest Labs, he’s facing a detailed rebuke from the Art Directors Guild and a sharp broadside from IATSE.

Antony Starr is backing Backrooms director Kane Parsons in the AI debate, saying recent hits prove audiences want real storytelling over VFX bloat and calling AI movie casts horrible. His comments follow Parsons’ stance that AI strips away creative satisfaction.

Backrooms director Kane Parsons is out on generative AI, arguing it strips away the creative satisfaction of making movies — just as Martin Scorsese and other Hollywood heavyweights lean into the tech. The rift over AI on set is only getting louder.

From viral nightmare to big-screen terror, Neon is turning Sam Evenson’s horror short Mora into a feature, with the creator returning to write and direct.

The first trailer for As Deep as the Grave — the Val Kilmer AI movie — lands like a warning flare: instead of reviving a star, it exposes the hollow gap where a human performance should be, reigniting debate over consent, craft, and the future of acting. Written and directed by Coerte Voorhees, the historical drama initially cast Kilmer as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritual guide — and the digital workaround makes that problem impossible to ignore.

Just weeks after his death, the actor’s family moved to stop a disturbing trend in its tracks.

Following the Sora app shutdown, Disney axed a $1 billion deal with OpenAI, yanking planned character licensing and upending a marquee AI tie-up.

Over 700 entertainment heavyweights unite to challenge the unauthorised use of artists’ likenesses in AI creations, raising urgent questions about the future of creativity and digital rights.

Speculation swirls as viewers spot a possible ChatGPT tab in the Stranger Things season 5 documentary. The director weighs in, but the truth behind the Duffer brothers’ writing process remains elusive.

Disney and OpenAI have announced a major partnership, with Disney investing $1 billion and granting access to its iconic characters for AI-generated video creation. Discover how this collaboration could reshape digital storytelling.

James Cameron shares his nuanced perspective on generative AI, assuring audiences that the Avatar series will remain untouched by such technology, while voicing deeper concerns about the broader implications of advanced AI.

James Cameron has delivered a scathing critique of generative AI in the film industry, voicing strong opposition to the rise of AI-created actors and performances.