Welcome to Rendering , a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com.

This week: As Oscar voting gets underway, we speak to filmmakers who have proudly used generative AI in their pursuit of a gold statuette.

Look under the hood of the 2025 Oscar contenders, and you will find that AI greased the engines of certain movies. Whether it was voice-tweaking on The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, or the blue eyes of Fremen in Dune: Part II , the technology was deployed and then (somewhat s

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