A few years ago, the idea that a feature could be generated — written, shot and “acted” — largely by artificial intelligence felt like science fiction. Now, OpenAI’s Sora 2 can spit out hyper-real video from a prompt, “AI talent” like Tilly Norwood is courting representation , and the entire industry feels like one update away from apocalypse.

“I got a full treatment which was: ‘We’re going to make a 90-minute movie all with AI, will you finance it for a couple of million bucks?” says Guy Danella, president of film at indie genre stalwart XYZ Films ( The Raid , Skylines ). “What if we said yes? What are the implications?” he asks, “That was really the turning point for me. I call it Skynet cinema, because it literally feels like we’re coming for the humans.”

A few years ago,

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