News Summary

• British film producer David Barron is entering the generative artificial intelligence space.
• Barron has agreed to produce an AI adaptation of Jack London’s 1903 novel The Call of the Wild.
• The film will be generated at nmatic, with CGI and traditional VFX helping deliver more complex scenes.
• Filmmakers are billing it as the first faithful adaptation of London”s novel because it will be made from Buck’S subjective experience.
• I’m definitely boycotting this movie.
• AI does not belong in the arts, full stop.
• You can’t spend 1 billion dollars on a terrible Lord of the Rings tv show and then tell me there isn't enough money to make a movie with snow and dogs.
• Lion King captured animal fights and emotions.
• Did filmmakers forget how to do that?
• They will do literally anything but use animation AI replacing dogs in an animated [or live feature] is not a bad thing.
• What's bad is when AI is replacing human actors or re-animating old actors back to life for full length movies.
• The latter is a technological advance while the former is bringing up ethical concerns and taking jobs.