Critterz won't be the first feature-length AI movie to grace our screens, but it is the first with such a huge budget, albeit small compared to other animated movies. With the backing of the world's most renowned AI company, Critterz could succeed where other media have yet to do so by emphasizing the ability of AI to foster creativity.

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.

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 .

The company behind ChatGPT and the text-to-video generation tool Sora has partnered with a couple of production companies to make a movie called Critterz that it plans to debut at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May ahead of a global theater release,

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.

A mostly AI-generated film is in the works, and it has the aim of debuting at Cannes next year. According to the Wall Street Journal, Critterz, which will be "made largely with AI," is anticipating a global 2026 theatrical release.