George Miller says AI can imitate human experience without living it. The harder question is whether the film industry will still consider lived experience worth paying for.
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Paramount is developing a Cyberpunk 2077 film with CD Projekt Red. The real challenge may be choosing a story without letting the franchise overwhelm it.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are opening Artists Equity Independent Pictures, a new label backed by a dedicated fund for emerging filmmakers. The return to independent cinema sounds nostalgic. Its economics are not.
The Paramount-Warner merger promises more movies. The failure of one expensive bet leaves a less comfortable question behind: who will still have permission to try something different?
At Zurich, MUBI promised to keep the films it produces away from AI while producers debated lower costs, new capital and shrinking financing options. The human may be on its way to becoming cinema's luxury standard.
Nicolas Cage says the Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming a glorified, heavily financed version of professional wrestling. At the same time, he is preparing another thriller and remains attached to superhero IP. The contradiction is less embarrassing than it looks.
Greta Garbo has been reconstructed with AI for an advertising campaign. Digital likeness vaults suggest a future where stardom can work in many places at once.
Awards, threats and a 515-screen Italian release give NAZA the aura of a forbidden revelation. The film also raises a less comfortable question about who gains authority from confession.
At San Sebastián, Werner Herzog warned filmmakers not to surrender thought and dreams to algorithms. His real argument is less anti-tech than anti-predictability.
The WGA still says the Paramount-Warner merger will hurt writers, but it has withdrawn its lawsuit. The settlement guarantees films and investment, not the number of workers needed.
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