TechRadar’s Graham Barlow looks at a moment when AI-made film is attracting serious money and attention, just as some audiences are asking whether a movie was made with AI before they watch it.
The feature points to new AI-focused studio plans from Hollywood executives, an AI-generated trailer that won a $2.5 million prize toward a feature film, and a rise in searches for films made without AI. It also cites Tom Cruise’s remark that audiences still want human experience.
To test whether AI can sit alongside human filmmaking, the author spoke with Kevin Chong, Chief Operating Officer of Utopai Studios. Chong says Utopai does not treat AI films as a separate genre: AI is another tool, like visual effects or virtual production, that helps filmmakers build worlds and work at a scale that would otherwise be hard to reach. He adds that Utopai does not see AI as a replacement for human actors, and that performance and the creative decisions still need to come from people.
The article also shows an image from Utopai Studios’ upcoming historical epic “Cortés,” set during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519.
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