Film & TV
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AI in film and TV
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| EmergingEarly, small, unreviewed or reported second-hand | 8 | 7 |
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An AI-led filmmaking company's chief executive said it delivered animation shots once quoted at a year of work in six weeks, at about 35% lower cost.
The Odyssey's credits now state that the film cannot be ingested, scraped or used as training data for generative AI, which Nolan says is a first for a film's end boilerplate.
Grimes authorized her likeness for the AI film "Gods Don't Give Gifts" for free, and her spokesperson said the production involved and compensated many artists, voice actors and musicians.
The Guardian reports that as agencies shift ad production to AI to cut costs, the director's role shrinks and the commercials route that trained film and TV directors may close, risking a lost generation of talent.
China's first fully AI-generated feature film, which cost over 10 million yuan ($1.5 million), had only 65,000 yuan ($9,700) in presales, and takings are forecast under 100,000 yuan.
In an indicative ballot, 99% of Equity members voted to refuse on-set body scans, saying scans can be reused for AI versions of their likeness without consent or clear limits.
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Director Christopher Nolan said on the 'Hollywood Insiders' podcast that he is glad the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agreed stricter guardrails on AI use in film.
Times of India
By October 2026, AI-made performance has reached cinemas and online releases. An AI version of the late Val Kilmer appears in a new western with his family's approval, while Higgsfield AI released two…
Grimes, the 38-year-old artist Claire Boucher, has a cameo of several minutes in "Gods Don't Give Gifts," billed as the first AI feature to debut in theaters on Dec. 4.
Indian illustrators and painters told Mint that generative AI is eroding commissions, lowering what clients expect to pay and pushing artists to prove their work is human-made.
Sanxingdui: Future Past, produced by Bona Film Group and described as China's first fully AI-generated film, opened on October 23, 2026 and earned only 1.21 million yuan (about $181,000) against a budget of more than…
Prime Video has released Castle Walls, a two-episode series set in the 11th century around Alamut Castle. Turkish studio Ay Yapım made it with a mix of generative video tools, and it is billed as the…
Elon Musk released the first seven-minute episode of an AI-generated Odyssey adaptation on X, made with Grok Imagine and London startup Wonder Studios.
The producers of the BBC series Blue Planet III say they chose to keep cloudier, less polished shots in the programme.
Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as China's first fully AI-generated feature film, opens in cinemas on Friday with advance sales of just 65,000 yuan ($9,700) as of Thursday evening, according to…
Advertising has long been a training ground for British screen directors, among them Ridley Scott, Guy Ritchie and Dougal Wilson.
On 2026-10-12, Variety reported director Tom Walsh said he produced a two-hour AI-made film for $1.5 million.
On 2026-10-12, ANI reported that Oscar-nominated actor Antonio Banderas will star as Hernán Cortés in 'Cortés,' a new feature film from Utopai Studios described as powered by AI and directed by Paul…
On October 11, 2026, the poster for 'Jamlok' was unveiled at the Uncanny India festival in New Delhi. The project is billed by its makers as the world's first AI-powered horror film and is being…
On 2026-10-01 The Guardian reviewed South Park season 29 episode 2, in which Butters protests an AI datacentre that has sprung up in his backyard and is sapping electricity and interrupting his online…
On October 6, 2026, YouTuber Gossip Goblin released the trailer for 'Gods Don't Give Gifts,' which the source describes as a theatrical feature film made entirely with artificial intelligence.
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