Michael Regilio

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.

Here's the most optimistic take, right? Which is I have a, let's say a science fiction film. In the current climate, it would never get made because it's a big science fiction film that costs $100, $150 million. Right. If I can use AI to make that film for a fraction of that, there was a story about a guy, I won't say his name, but he made an independent film, cost $200,000.

Here's the most optimistic take, right? Which is I have a, let's say a science fiction film. In the current climate, it would never get made because it's a big science fiction film that costs $100, $150 million. Right. If I can use AI to make that film for a fraction of that, there was a story about a guy, I won't say his name, but he made an independent film, cost $200,000.

Here's the most optimistic take, right? Which is I have a, let's say a science fiction film. In the current climate, it would never get made because it's a big science fiction film that costs $100, $150 million. Right. If I can use AI to make that film for a fraction of that, there was a story about a guy, I won't say his name, but he made an independent film, cost $200,000.

He just invested his own money into it. It was a big hit, made $100 million worldwide. And he, as a director who owned the copyright, owned the negative, made $40 million worldwide. And I think that there is an opportunity, again, like if AI can bring down costs, again, I recognize this is the optimistic scenario. It may not work out this way.

He just invested his own money into it. It was a big hit, made $100 million worldwide. And he, as a director who owned the copyright, owned the negative, made $40 million worldwide. And I think that there is an opportunity, again, like if AI can bring down costs, again, I recognize this is the optimistic scenario. It may not work out this way.

He just invested his own money into it. It was a big hit, made $100 million worldwide. And he, as a director who owned the copyright, owned the negative, made $40 million worldwide. And I think that there is an opportunity, again, like if AI can bring down costs, again, I recognize this is the optimistic scenario. It may not work out this way.

To me, the holy grail is having writers and directors be empowered enough that they can make their own movies and own the copyright, right, and control it. And so we're not renting our talent out to these giant corporations that control the purse strings, right? If AI can bring costs down enough, it's going to, A, let a thousand flowers bloom. It'll be a lot easier to get movies made.

To me, the holy grail is having writers and directors be empowered enough that they can make their own movies and own the copyright, right, and control it. And so we're not renting our talent out to these giant corporations that control the purse strings, right? If AI can bring costs down enough, it's going to, A, let a thousand flowers bloom. It'll be a lot easier to get movies made.

To me, the holy grail is having writers and directors be empowered enough that they can make their own movies and own the copyright, right, and control it. And so we're not renting our talent out to these giant corporations that control the purse strings, right? If AI can bring costs down enough, it's going to, A, let a thousand flowers bloom. It'll be a lot easier to get movies made.

And yes, there'll be a lot of mediocrity. There'll be a lot of stuff, like movies that shouldn't have gotten made and just got made because it was possible to get them made. But I think it's going to allow for, again, sort of spikier, odder, stranger stories to be told or movies to be made. And I think that...

And yes, there'll be a lot of mediocrity. There'll be a lot of stuff, like movies that shouldn't have gotten made and just got made because it was possible to get them made. But I think it's going to allow for, again, sort of spikier, odder, stranger stories to be told or movies to be made. And I think that...

And yes, there'll be a lot of mediocrity. There'll be a lot of stuff, like movies that shouldn't have gotten made and just got made because it was possible to get them made. But I think it's going to allow for, again, sort of spikier, odder, stranger stories to be told or movies to be made. And I think that...

There's a possibility, and this may be very utopian of me, but there's a possibility that by cutting costs so much, it's going to, again, disempower the money people, empower the creative people, and even the Holy Grail would be leading to artists owning their own work.

There's a possibility, and this may be very utopian of me, but there's a possibility that by cutting costs so much, it's going to, again, disempower the money people, empower the creative people, and even the Holy Grail would be leading to artists owning their own work.

There's a possibility, and this may be very utopian of me, but there's a possibility that by cutting costs so much, it's going to, again, disempower the money people, empower the creative people, and even the Holy Grail would be leading to artists owning their own work.

I think that, I think that, listen, I know I'm afraid I'm going to get blowback because I'm being Panglossian. I'm being too optimistic about this stuff. And I totally recognize like there's a way in which if things go wrong, right? There's a way in which you just have producers hitting buttons. Give me a mystery thriller. Give me a Superman era movie. Give me whatever.

I think that, I think that, listen, I know I'm afraid I'm going to get blowback because I'm being Panglossian. I'm being too optimistic about this stuff. And I totally recognize like there's a way in which if things go wrong, right? There's a way in which you just have producers hitting buttons. Give me a mystery thriller. Give me a Superman era movie. Give me whatever.

I think that, I think that, listen, I know I'm afraid I'm going to get blowback because I'm being Panglossian. I'm being too optimistic about this stuff. And I totally recognize like there's a way in which if things go wrong, right? There's a way in which you just have producers hitting buttons. Give me a mystery thriller. Give me a Superman era movie. Give me whatever.

And that's what we're going to get. And I think that the general, my take is rather contrarian. I think most people tend to be siding on the side of pessimism. And they could be right and I could be completely wrong. Well, time will tell. Time will tell. Or both could be right.