Saturday, 21 February 2026

Not Entirely Due To The Technology, Rhett

Last week, Rhett Reese, the co-writer of Deadpool & Wolverine, Zombieland and Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, said “it’s likely over for us” after watching a widely disseminated AI-generated clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting.
He added: “In next to no time, one person is going to be able to sit at a computer and create a movie indistinguishable from what Hollywood now releases....

Is that not in part because what Hollywood releases these days is mostly garbage?

...True, if that person is no good, it will suck. But if that person possesses Christopher Nolan’s talent and taste (and someone like that will rapidly come along), it will be tremendous.”

Why wouldn't someone with that talent work in Hollywood - is it because he is shut out for having the wrong opinions and only welcomed in if he professes to have changed?

The first iteration of Seedance launched in June last year. The Motion Picture Association, the Hollywood trade association that represents studios such as Paramount, Warner Bros and Netflix, accused ByteDance of “unauthorised use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale”. The actors’ union Sag-Aftra has accused Seedance of “blatant infringement”.

They are worried. Mainly because their closed shop is threatened. Good!   

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