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Frustrated Hollywood writers say they can ‘make more money babysitting’ than in booming microdramas raking in billions

The fast-growing “microseries” industry is raking in billions and being pitched as a salve to struggling Hollywood workers — with stories of actors making $40,000 a month filming these viral shows ...
Fortress of Solitude

The Karate Kid Part II Turns 40: Everyone Remembers The Original. Few Realize The Sequel Was Bigger

Earlier this year, the Library of Congress added The Karate Kid to the National Film Registry — its official declaration ...

We Made an ‘Off Campus’ Microdrama for $150 Using AI: The Results Are Shocking | Exclusive

AI-generated microdramas are here but are UGC tools like StoReel to a place where anyone can make one? We tried with an Off ...
Deadline.com

Literary Scout Philippa Donovan Sets Up Screen-To-Book Business Two Script Studio To Facilitate ‘Reverse Adaptations’

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran literary scout Philippa Donovan wants to reverse engineer the books-to-screen market through her new business, Two Script Studio. The operation will create ‘reverse adaptations‘ to ...
IGN

Seth Rogen Tells Filmmakers Using AI to Write Scripts to 'Go Do Something Else'

Seth Rogen has pushed back on the use of AI in movies, telling writers using the technology for their scripts to "go do something else." "I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see ...
Variety

Seth Rogen Says if You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then ‘You Shouldn’t Be a Writer’: ‘Go Do Something Else’

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Seth Rogen Says If “Your Instinct Is to Use AI” to Write Scripts, “You Shouldn’t Be a Writer”

'The Studio' creator said people who are thinking about using the technology to aid their writing skills should try another occupation: "Go do something else." By McKinley Franklin Don’t expect Seth ...
TechSpot

The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards

A hot potato: With generative AI becoming more prevalent in society, are we heading toward a future where an AI-created actor or script wins an Oscar? If it does ever happen, it certainly won't be ...
New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...
Complex

Oscars Set New Rules: No AI in Major Acting, Writing Categories

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Sister Seeks New Attorneys in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit As Annie Altman accuses her billionaire brother of years of abuse, two law firms seek to withdraw from the case, citing a ...
The Verge

Attack of the killer script kiddies

Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge ...