Michael Regilio

And this may turn out to be not to be the case. And this may turn out to... I could be completely wrong. But I think one of the arguments that you could make is that I had a meeting with a guy who was running a generative AI company. And he said, like, production costs are going to come down like 90%, 95%. Wow. And I was just like, oh, you mean like in 10 years? He's like, no, in like two years.

And this may turn out to be not to be the case. And this may turn out to... I could be completely wrong. But I think one of the arguments that you could make is that I had a meeting with a guy who was running a generative AI company. And he said, like, production costs are going to come down like 90%, 95%. Wow. And I was just like, oh, you mean like in 10 years? He's like, no, in like two years.

And this may turn out to be not to be the case. And this may turn out to... I could be completely wrong. But I think one of the arguments that you could make is that I had a meeting with a guy who was running a generative AI company. And he said, like, production costs are going to come down like 90%, 95%. Wow. And I was just like, oh, you mean like in 10 years? He's like, no, in like two years.

And I don't know if that's true, but I think that... There's a lot of screenplays, including a few of my own, that don't get made because the budget doesn't make sense. I had a script about two years ago that made it up to the top of the decision ladder at a studio and I wanted to direct it. And they said to me, we would make this movie if it costs half of what the budget is.

And I don't know if that's true, but I think that... There's a lot of screenplays, including a few of my own, that don't get made because the budget doesn't make sense. I had a script about two years ago that made it up to the top of the decision ladder at a studio and I wanted to direct it. And they said to me, we would make this movie if it costs half of what the budget is.

And I don't know if that's true, but I think that... There's a lot of screenplays, including a few of my own, that don't get made because the budget doesn't make sense. I had a script about two years ago that made it up to the top of the decision ladder at a studio and I wanted to direct it. And they said to me, we would make this movie if it costs half of what the budget is.

I wrote this comedy. It's very dark, very spiky comedy. It's like the darkest comedy of all time. And they were like, we love the script and we want to make it, but it's just too expensive. We can't justify it. If AI can cut the cost of making movies, just even by 50%, right, it's going to allow a lot more movies to be made.

I wrote this comedy. It's very dark, very spiky comedy. It's like the darkest comedy of all time. And they were like, we love the script and we want to make it, but it's just too expensive. We can't justify it. If AI can cut the cost of making movies, just even by 50%, right, it's going to allow a lot more movies to be made.

I wrote this comedy. It's very dark, very spiky comedy. It's like the darkest comedy of all time. And they were like, we love the script and we want to make it, but it's just too expensive. We can't justify it. If AI can cut the cost of making movies, just even by 50%, right, it's going to allow a lot more movies to be made.

And I think it's going to allow sort of fresh voices, sort of spikier or stranger stories to get made. I think it's going to... give writers actually, I'm hoping, more control. So I think that in the optimism and pessimism debate, I totally realize that there's a dystopian alternative, right?

And I think it's going to allow sort of fresh voices, sort of spikier or stranger stories to get made. I think it's going to... give writers actually, I'm hoping, more control. So I think that in the optimism and pessimism debate, I totally realize that there's a dystopian alternative, right?

And I think it's going to allow sort of fresh voices, sort of spikier or stranger stories to get made. I think it's going to... give writers actually, I'm hoping, more control. So I think that in the optimism and pessimism debate, I totally realize that there's a dystopian alternative, right?

There's a way in which like Amazon and Apple and whoever else just start cranking out the McDonald's of storytelling and you're just getting bland, homogenous product. Yeah. You could argue that we're kind of already at that place. Like we're already seeing a lot of superhero movies, stuff that's not super adventurous.

There's a way in which like Amazon and Apple and whoever else just start cranking out the McDonald's of storytelling and you're just getting bland, homogenous product. Yeah. You could argue that we're kind of already at that place. Like we're already seeing a lot of superhero movies, stuff that's not super adventurous.

There's a way in which like Amazon and Apple and whoever else just start cranking out the McDonald's of storytelling and you're just getting bland, homogenous product. Yeah. You could argue that we're kind of already at that place. Like we're already seeing a lot of superhero movies, stuff that's not super adventurous.

I think that if AI is actually going to fulfill the promise of bringing down costs, to me, what that hopefully promises is that it's going to lessen the importance of the money people, the gatekeepers, the people who are providing the money, and it's going to empower the creative people, right?

I think that if AI is actually going to fulfill the promise of bringing down costs, to me, what that hopefully promises is that it's going to lessen the importance of the money people, the gatekeepers, the people who are providing the money, and it's going to empower the creative people, right?

I think that if AI is actually going to fulfill the promise of bringing down costs, to me, what that hopefully promises is that it's going to lessen the importance of the money people, the gatekeepers, the people who are providing the money, and it's going to empower the creative people, right?

If films become much, much cheaper, it's just going to take away power from the money people and give more power to the creative people.

If films become much, much cheaper, it's just going to take away power from the money people and give more power to the creative people.