Run Lola Run's Tom Tykwer adapts stage play with Seedance 2.5, under 10 actors
lmoroney · x · 2026-10-23
Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer is teaming with director-playwright Bonn Park and producer Sarika Hemi Lakhani to adapt Park's stage play Volcano High for the screen using BytePlus's Dreamina Seedance 2.5, part of the BytePlus Next Frame series. Per BytePlus, the film uses fewer than ten live actors yet depicts a school packed with hundreds of students, with one continuous shot; a one-minute trailer is out. The author highlights the approach of keeping live performances at the center while AI builds the world — filming a small cast first, then using AI to fill in crowds you can't afford.
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