{"id":437398,"date":"2026-01-29T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437398\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:11:10","slug":"darren-aronofsky-ai-studio-primordial-soup-debuts-animated-revolutionary-war-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437398\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Aronofsky AI Studio Primordial Soup Debuts Animated Revolutionary War Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/primordial-soup\/\" id=\"auto-tag_primordial-soup\" data-tag=\"primordial-soup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Primordial Soup<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/darren-aronofsky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_darren-aronofsky\" data-tag=\"darren-aronofsky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Aronofsky<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ai\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ai\" data-tag=\"ai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a> studio, has unveiled an animated short-form series about the American Revolution that was produced in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/google-deepmind\/\" id=\"auto-tag_google-deepmind\" data-tag=\"google-deepmind\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google DeepMind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn This Day \u2026 1776 will post new episodes on Time\u2019s YouTube channel throughout 2026. (The first two episodes and a trailer can be found <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYOGLpQQfhNIzsiXxPLUMwhBEunGH9bem\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.) In July, the U.S. will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with a host of companies, media outlets and political figures leaning into the anniversary throughout this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe project stems from a strategic partnership <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/05\/darren-aronofsky-primordial-soup-google-deepmind-partnership-1236406191\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced last May<\/a> between Primordial Soup and Google DeepMind. The collaboration will focus on new ways to blend storytelling and technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe short-form On This Day uses a combination of traditional filmmaking tools and AI to tell short narrative stories about the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/revolutionary-war\/\" id=\"auto-tag_revolutionary-war\" data-tag=\"revolutionary-war\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Revolutionary War<\/a>. Each episode recreates scenes and moments from 1776 on their 250th anniversaries. The aim of the project is \u201creframing the Revolution not as a foregone conclusion but as a fragile experiment shaped by those who fought for it,\u201d the companies said in an announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDrawing on historical records, the series is animated by artists using generative AI tools. Voice actors are sanctioned by SAG-AFTRA, a key detail as the union gets set to begin contract negotiations with the AMPTP in the coming days. Primordial Soup\u2019s post-production team edited, mixed and color graded the episodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTime Studios, the news outlet\u2019s film, TV and digital arm, got involved in the project because it is aiming to become \u201ca distribution home for visionary creators,\u201d studio president Ben Bitonti said in a statement. \u201cThis project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like \u2013 not replacing craft, but expanding what\u2019s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn\u2019t before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAronofsky is the executive producer of On This Day, whose writers room is led by Lucas Sussman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Primordial Soup, Darren Aronofsky\u2018s AI studio, has unveiled an animated short-form series about the American Revolution that was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[182,12874,21826,88,74708,206,206648,143273,34086],"class_list":["post-437398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ai","tag-animation","tag-darren-aronofsky","tag-entertainment","tag-google-deepmind","tag-movies","tag-primordial-soup","tag-revolutionary-war","tag-techline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}