Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
The Verge Charles Pulliam-Moore
Director Neill Blomkamp released a 13-minute sci-fi short film titled Nightborne created entirely with ByteDance's Sora text-to-video generator through his new AI startup Barley Studios. The film, loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia, used AI to generate every shot while featuring characters with voices and faces modeled after human actors. Blomkamp described the project as a test to demonstrate generative AI capabilities and expressed interest in creating a full feature film using similar technology.
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On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But […]
