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OpenAI, Cannes Film Festival and Critterz

OpenAI Backs AI-Powered Animated Film “Critterz” Set for 2026 Release
OpenAI is stepping into Hollywood with plans to support an upcoming animated film created largely with artificial intelligence. According to the Wall Street Journal, the AI leader is partnering on Critterz,
OpenAI-backed AI feature film ‘Critterz’ to premiere at Cannes
The project, titled Critterz, follows forest creatures whose peaceful lives are unsettled by a stranger, a concept developed by OpenAI’s creative specialist Chad Nelson
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OpenAI steps into Hollywood with AI animated film 'Critterz'
OpenAI is supporting the production of 'Critterz', an AI-assisted animated feature film, set to premiere globally in 2026.
OpenAI Is Using Its AI Tools to Make an Animated Movie
Critterz' will be made using OpenAI's GPT-5 model and other image generation tools. It's expected to be debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
OpenAI Wants This Film to Prove AI Animation Is Ready for the Big Screen
Can generative AI animate a decent movie? That question's getting an early test. OpenAI and production studio Vertigo Films have announced a plan to create a feature-length adaptation of a 2023 short film made as a demonstration for OpenAI's Dall-E image generator .
OpenAI Is Bringing an AI-Driven Feature-Length Animated Movie to Cannes
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI is lending its services to the production of a feature-length animated film called Critterz, which is aiming to be done in time for next year’s Cannes Film Festival.
OpenAI backs AI-animated film for Cannes debut
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is backing the production of a feature-length animated film created largely with artificial intelligence tools, aiming to prove the technology can revolutionize Hollywood filmmaki
OpenAI's Critterz turns 'AI slop' into a full-blown movie
You may have missed the AI movie Critterz when it appeared as a short animation a couple of years ago. It didn't exactly set the world on fire, with comments on YouTube including “I'd call this garbage,
OpenAI-backed, AI-created movie 'Critterz' looks to debut at Cannes
The Wall Street Journal published an exclusive report on a project called Critterz that is backed by OpenAI and will look to make a feature-length movie largely created via generative artificial intelligence.

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Can AI Replace Pixar? OpenAI's $30M Movie 'Critterz' Aims To Make Films 3 Times Faster And Cheaper Than Hollywood

Is Hollywood on the verge of a revolution? As OpenAI's latest venture, a $30 million (£22.12 million) film titled 'Critterz', ...

OpenAI-backed AI film ‘Critterz’ enters production, set to debut at Cannes

OpenAI is venturing into film production, lending its AI tools and resources to create 'Critterz,' an animated movie about ...

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It's called 'Critterz,' will cost less than $30 million, and will apparently be done in nine months.