Paul Schrader predicts AI stars will replace Hollywood
Paul Schrader, the senior cinematist behind First Reformed, American Gigolo and The Card Counter, thinks the future of theatre belongs to synthetic
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Paul Schrader predicts AI stars will replace Hollywood
Paul Schrader, the senior cinematist behind First Reformed, American Gigolo and The Card Counter, thinks the future of theatre belongs to synthetic performers approval (Tilly Norwood).
Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the 79 year old helmer told attendees, “The real tip of the spear is when we can create an AI protagonist, not a hybrid. And that picture makes money.”
Schrader argued audiences will eventually empathize with digital creations just as they do with human actors, noting that AI stars would be available “24 hours a day” and cost studios nothing.
He acknowledged skepticism from Amazon MGM Studios’ head of AI, Albert Cheng, but insisted: “I think he’s just afraid. I think it is going to happen.”
Schrader revealed he is already experimenting with AI filmmaking, reworking an old draft with generative tools.
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