The AI Filmmaking Room

Raphael, a 138 minute feature generated entirely with AI, needed fourteen months of editing to keep its characters consistent. Bloomway's 3D Director Studio turns plain language into animated previs before video generation. Adobe's Generative Media Tool in Premiere treats generated footage as a brief. The rebound: ScreenWeaver's generated shooting script and storyboard, with shots in continuity, plus a three-line check you can do on paper. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

The Korea Times: AI movies make leap from short clips to big screen
Bloomway AI introduces 3D Director Studio (GlobeNewswire via Manila Times)
Digital Production: Adobe MAX 2026, AI video and audio are most useful before the final cut

Cartoon Brew reports on Sanxingdui: Future Past, China's first fully AI-generated theatrical feature, and its weak box office next to the low-budget hit Niu Lai. Disney spends heavily to keep a team from bankrupt Character.AI. Hedra's documentation describes Kling's multi-shot mode with a prompt and duration per shot. The rebound: a one-sentence test and a verb-per-shot habit you can use on paper. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

Cartoon Brew: China's First AI Feature Flops, Months After Scrappy 'Niu Lai' Became A Box Office Hit
Cartoon Brew: China's First AI Feature Limps Through Second Weekend, Reaching Just $253,000 After 11 Days
Cartoon Brew: After A Year Of Layoffs, Disney Finds $180 Million For Recruits From Bankrupt Character.AI
Hedra: Kling O3 now available in Hedra

Cartoon Brew reports Skydance's multibillion savings plan, with no figure yet for AI. An Instagram account's AI remake of the short film El Empleo passes five million views without its directors' consent. Kling 4.0 Flash arrives on Runway's API with up to ten images and five videos as inputs. The rebound: ScreenWeaver's per-shot video model choice, start and end images, and a one-line keep-and-change habit you can use on paper. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

Cartoon Brew: Skydance Is Betting On AI To Help Dig Itself Out Of $87 Billion In Debt
Cartoon Brew: AI Account Rips Off Award-Winning Short 'El Empleo' To Promote 'Filmmaking' Classes
Runway API release notes: Kling 4.0 Flash

Disney names Adobe its official AI innovation partner, Toei frames rules for generative AI and starts using it in production, and Viggle Remake re-renders existing footage while keeping its motion and timing. The rebound: ScreenWeaver's Virtual Spectator, and a read-aloud stopwatch test you can do on paper. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

Variety: Disney Taps Adobe as Official AI Innovation Partner Under Multiyear Pact
Axios: Disney puts Adobe's AI to work in its parks
Variety: Toei Frames Generative AI Rules, Sets First Video Games for 2027
Hugging Face: Viggle Remake model card

Jeffrey Katzenberg tells artists to fight over the terms of AI, not against it. Grimes lends her likeness and real voice to an AI-made anthology film. Wizshot 1.0 is a reference-to-video model that takes up to nine images. The rebound: ScreenWeaver's character system and Documentalist, plus a four-line character sheet you can write on paper. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

Cartoon Brew: Jeffrey Katzenberg Says Artists Should Fight for AI Terms, Not Against AI
Variety via Yahoo: Grimes to Make Feature Film Debut in Fully AI-Generated Movie
PR Newswire: Wizstar Launches Wizshot 1.0

iQIYI opens an AI film studio built around live-action performance. imCore launches Core Studio, a platform of specialized agents from script to color grading. Cartoon Brew reports artists pushing back on the idea that AI adoption is settled. The rebound: ScreenWeaver's visual sequencer, and a one-line-per-scene habit you can use on paper.

The Tribune (PR Newswire): iQIYI Launches China's First AI Film Studio in Shanghai
Variety: AI Filmmaking Platform Core Studio Launches at Taiwan Creative Content Fest With 24 Specialized Agents
Cartoon Brew: VIEW Conference AI sales pitches

Weta FX's chief says studios now ask vendors for an AI strategy. Google invests in A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools. FLUX 3 Image takes up to ten numbered reference images and bounding boxes. The tip: build a numbered reference sheet before you generate a single shot.

Variety: Hollywood has flipped on GenAI, says Weta FX chief
Variety: Google invests $75 million in A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools
ComfyUI docs: FLUX 3 Image

Google's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash brings fifteen-second clips with turn-by-turn editing and cheaper drafts, and Weta FX bets on training AI screen talent in Taiwan. A tip on describing the first and last frame of every shot.

Google Blog: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Variety: Weta FX and TAICCA
Let's Data Science: Weta FX and TAICCA

The SAG-AFTRA contract allows a synthetic performer only if it adds significant value. The AI Movie Awards add a best vertical short prize. Kandinsky 6.0 Video makes picture and sound together with open weights. The tip: choose your format first, as you do in ScreenWeaver. Start here: https://www.screenweaver.ai/start

Variety: SAG-AFTRA ratifies a four-year contract with AI rules
AI Movie Awards (official site): AIMA London
ComfyUI Wiki: Kandinsky 6.0 Video
Kandinsky Lab on Hugging Face

Netflix acquires InterPositive, a model built on a production's own dailies. The Austin AI Film Festival runs eleven competition categories. Kling 4.0 generates up to thirty seconds with ten keyframes. The tip: set the first and last frame of every shot, as you can in ScreenWeaver.

Variety: Netflix acquires InterPositive
PR Newswire: Austin AI Film Festival 2026 official selection
Kling: official Kling 4.0 blog
Let's Data Science: Kling 4.0 launch