AI movies weekly: voice actors ratify AI protections with 94.95% yes vote, cold box office
lmoroney · x · 2026-10-31
Laurence Moroney rounds up five signals from AI cinema this week:
- Voice actors lock in AI protections: SAG-AFTRA members ratified the 2026 TV Animation and Basic Cable Animation agreements with a 94.95% yes vote.
- Cold box office: AI-involved films underperformed — a reality check for the hype.
- Academy statement: the Oscars body issued a statement of values on AI.
- Mumbai hybrid production: a new AI-plus-human production in India.
- Korean feature: a scrappy AI film shows what careful human curation can do.
The numbers, he argues, tell a more interesting story than the headlines: the industry is absorbing AI across contracts, market, and craft simultaneously.
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