AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs

This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of The Odyssey. It’s on track to rake in anywhere between $80–$100 million in just a few days. People are clearly excited to see how Nolan uses cutting-edge filmmaking tech to make the Homeric classic feel fresh. But another director is trying to capitalize on the buzz around Nolan’s project to drum up interest in an Odysseus-focused movie of his own.

On Tuesday, film studio Fountain 0 announced that it is working on an AI-generated reimagining of The Odyssey titled Odysseus: The Fall, which will be available to rent or buy from the company digitally sometime later this summer. The movie comes from director Ash Koosha, who previously collaborated with the startup to make Dreams of Violets — an AI-generated docudrama about the civil unrest and state...

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