If a film created by AI will convince us to go to the cinema

The AI ​​begins to seize Hollywood. Although there prefer not to say it in voice too high. And who is willing to achieve this is Openai, whose generative model will be used to create an animated film that will be called ‘Critterz’ and will be released in 2026.

‘Critterz’. In OpenAi They have yielded Both his tools and his computer resources to achieve something that had to arrive sooner rather than later: an animation feature created almost entirely with AI. ‘Critterz’ is a film that deals with how some creatures of the forest end up living an adventure when a strange disturbs its village.

Premiere in Cannes in 2026. The film is the work of Chad Nelson, creative of OpenAi, who began to outline the characters three years ago while trying to create an animation short with Dall-E. The short, by the way, is available on the Openai channel on YouTube. This expert will work with producers in London (Vertigo Films) and Los Angeles (Native Foreign, specializing in combining AI with traditional production tools) in a film that hopes to be released at the Cannes Festival in May 2026.

With everything it is faster … James Richardson, co -founder of Vertigo Films, stood out In The Wall Street Journal As the team is trying to complete the film in nine months, when normally a production of this type usually takes three years.

… and cheap. In addition, the ‘Critterz’ budget is 30 million dollars, much less than animation films usually cost. Production teams, yes, plan to hire human bending for the voices of the characters, and also want to hire artists to draw the sketches that then use with OpenAi tools such as GPT-5 and their models of generative image generative.

How long and money do Pixar cost? Pixar employees themselves They explained How one of his films takes about four years to complete. The first two focus on specifying both the story and the characters, and the other two to cheer and render the film. The budget of the setback ‘ was Of 175 million dollars, and subsequent productions have also been around 200 million dollars.

A delicate project. Although companies such as Disney or Netflix have been experiencing with the use of AI in different phases of production, the film industry walks on swampy terrain. This technology and their threat to the workers caused the strike that He had the entire segment in check and in which they were victorious.

How to avoid problems. The script has been written by the scriptwriters of ‘Paddington in Peru‘, and the selection of the voices of the characters is already being carried out. The project is funded by the Matrix of Vertigo, Federation Studios, which has already devised a way to avoid possible problems with industry workers. Thus, a compensation model has been developed that allows the nearly 30 people who are working in ‘Critterz’ to have a participation in the benefits.

A risky bet. Although for years the possibility that anyone can make a film – animated or not – with AI tools, this production aims to be the clear demonstration of that option has been profiled. To succeed, however, you will need to convince the audience of two things. The first, which is good enough to pay for her in theaters. The second, more importantly, that human beings accept that machines make films.

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