China's first fully AI-generated feature film Sanxingdui hits theaters Oct 23
lmoroney · x · 2026-10-23
Laurence Moroney writes on Sanxingdui, China's first fully AI-generated feature film to receive a theatrical release permit, opening October 23 — the first real box office test for AI cinema.
- Inspired by the Sanxingdui bronze ruins in Sichuan, linking the ancient Shu civilization with a future facing superintelligent AI; producers include Bona Film Group (COO Jiang Defu among producers).
- Far from prompt-and-wait: 2+ years of development, 1.2M+ preliminary images, 100+ full-film iterations, at least five full reworks.
- Budget over 10 million yuan.
Moroney calls box office the most honest feedback a filmmaker can get.
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