Gossip Goblin<\/a>) has been lined up as one of the first fully AI-generated movies to get a theatrical release and producers are also pushing an awards campaign targeted at the Academy\u2019s animation category. The film is set for a U.S. release on December 4th via producers Fable and Gossip Goblin. WME Independent is consulting on the global release strategy.<\/p>\n\n\tThe synopsis reads: \u201cOn NiiroCradle, where bodies are disposable and consciousness has been commoditized, four interconnected stories collide with the horrifying consequences of humanity\u2019s attempt to transcend the flesh.\u201d The characters are voiced by actors including Ben Kersley, Victor \u2018Goshfather\u2019 Tapia, Sam Dale, Richard Cotton, Oscar Merry, Ay\u00e7a \u00d6zkan, Mark Lewis, Mike Majlak, Sarah Lockett, and Oyinkansola Yusuff.<\/p>\n
\n\tLondon\u2019s Gossip Goblin YouTube channel has 1.4 million subscribers with previous shorts crossing more than one billion views. Since its launch on October 6th, the Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts trailer has passed 15 million views and is one of Fandango\u2019s most viewed trailers on X. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe indie science-fiction, horror-tinged film \u201cexplores the world of \u2018Second Cycle of Humanity\u2019 where transhumanism has accelerated to the point that humanity looks very different\u201d. London added: \u201cThe core of Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts is really about what happens to ordinary human hungers and instincts when the physical limits around humanity start to disappear. The four stories in Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts live inside that unease. They follow people using strange tools to satisfy very primal needs, exploring the strange interplay and growing disconnect between the body and the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe film is written by London and Jacob Batchelor, produced by London and Edward Saatchi and executive produced by Abhi Som, Ravi Bhaskaran, Todd Terrazas and Gino Bautista. <\/p>\n
\n\tFord stated: \u201cZack London is a genuine auteur, and Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts is a bold, original piece of cinema: a richly imagined world, sharp and unsettling storytelling, and a filmmaker using new tools to say something urgent about our moment. AGC has always backed distinctive voices and bet early on where audiences are going. A creator who built a devoted global fanbase on YouTube and is now bringing that vision to cinema screens is exactly the kind of talent we want to champion. We\u2019re proud to stand behind Zack and this film as it heads to theaters and into the awards conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tProducer Edward Saatchi added: \u201cAGC has a track record for taking singular, filmmaker-driven projects to audiences around the world, and the studio\u2019s global reach and distribution expertise give Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts the strongest possible launch. Having a studio of AGC\u2019s stature believe in the film is a powerful signal to exhibitors and audiences that AI-driven filmmaking when it\u2019s executed in the right way belongs on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOn the awards campaign, he said: \u201cWe have already started on FYC screenings with top directors, animators and writers and the response has been enthusiastic for something genuinely new in animation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLondon added: \u201cExcited to have AGC coming on board to help our film get shown to fans around the world. Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts is the culmination of 10+ months of intense work across a full team of writers, artists, animators, voice actors, musicians, and a trad postproduction crew \u2014 AI was a tool to help us tell our story at scale, while still being able to maintain our core artistic vision without having to compromise or answer to other parties\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOther key production creatives include Editor R\u0103zvan Ilinca; Cinematographer Alexandru Mihai; Visual Lead Manuel Mac Donnell; Animation Leads Alexandru Mihai, Benjam\u00edn Mu\u00f1oz Alonso; Animation Alberto Alepuz Fernandez, Zack London, Sergio Lopes; Visual Design Alexandru Mihai, Benjam\u00edn Mu\u00f1oz Alonso, Zack London, Nowell Englund; Additional Editing by Alberto Alepuz Fernandez, Benjam\u00edn Mu\u00f1oz Alonso; Post Production Supervisor R\u0103zvan Ilinca; Colour Grading \u015etefania Grigorescu; Sound Design, Mix And Foley Marian B\u0103lan; Additional Sound Florian Ardelean, Mihai Cosmin Popa, R\u0103zvan Ilinca. The original score is by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen, Juan Tor\u00e1n, Nikita Andrei Dembinski, Sebastian Furrer, and Mathilda Skonare K\u00e5verud.<\/p>\n
\n\tAGC has also invested in and is handling worldwide sales on Critterz, Vertigo Films and Native Foreign\u2019s family feature created with AI integrated throughout the production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AGC International, the sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford\u2019s AGC Studios, is adding Gods Don\u2019t Give Gifts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[67876,156,265242,306258,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-638181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-afm","tag-entertainment","tag-gods-dont-give-gifts","tag-gossip-goblin","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}