The AI Avant Garde: Neill Blomkamp's Questionable Foray into Generative Art Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9 and Gran Turismo, has been making waves in the film industry for over a decade.
His latest project, Nightborne, is a 13 minute sci fi short that showcases impressive technology: every frame was generated using ByteDance's Seedance 2. 0 text to video tool.
The result is visually stunning but narratively shallow. Blomkamp has been touting his fascination with AI generated content since launching Barley Studios, his new AI startup and production company.