Nancy Meyers Netflix Movie Shut Down Over Budget Issues

Netflix was in the early stages of a rom-com. You know, the kind of movie that tends to be set in the present day, in the real world, without much need for explosions, car chases, major set pieces, whole armies of extras, Marvel-sized special effects budgets. And thus, this seems a little weird:

Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson were circling roles in the feature, budgeted at $130 million-plus.

One. Hundred. Thirty. MILLION. Dollars.

Ummm.

Oh, hey, apropos of nuthin’, here’s a video made almost entirely by AI. You know, for cheap. Is it good? Meh. Did it require the involvement of busloads of Hollywood deviants, freaks and weirdos? Seems not. Is it the future? Most likely.

This video was made almost entirely by AI.

I used ChatGPT to write a script, Midjourney to create reference images, Runway Gen-1 to apply the style of the images to my source video, and Boomy AI for the music.

Workflow breakdown w/ comparisons in thread.

🧵 pic.twitter.com/IUGyBKvqmg

— Nick St. Pierre (@nickfloats) March 14, 2023