Kane Parsons was just 16 years old when he created a viral YouTube horror series based on a 4chan meme. Now he’s ready to conquer the big screen.
A developer used ESA’s GAIA DR3 dataset, which maps 1.8 billion real stars, to recreate the Project Hail Mary star map. It’s accurate, interactive, and completely free to explore.

The OpenAI-backed family animation that was meant to prove generative AI could ship a real movie has missed its festival window, in part because the video model it was built on no longer exists. Critterz, the OpenAI-backed animated feature that was bei…
From an Academy Award-winning revenge thriller to a Korean crime hit, Peacock has three underrated films worth watching this weekend.
The Academy confirms AI cannot win Oscars for acting or writing, reinforcing that human performance and authorship remain central despite growing use of AI in filmmaking.

In January 2026, a new AI-generated micro-drama went live on a Chinese streaming platform every 90 seconds. By March, approximately 50,000 AI-native titles had been added to Douyin in a single month. The production cost was roughly one-tenth of a live-…
The new film is the latest adaptation of George Orwell’s novel. Based on the critiques coming from right-wing influencers, it seems few of them fully grasp the book’s message.
Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor.