OpenAIâs $30M AI Flick: Hollywoodâs Cheapest Digital Critterz
OpenAI is crashing Cannes in 2026 with 'Critterz,' an AI-powered animated feature costing less than $30 millionâHollywood's version of fast food animation made in nine months. Teaming up with LA's Native Foreign and London's Vertigo Films, they're betting GPT-5, which 'landed with a thud' last month, can wow studios still scared of AI stealing their popcorn. Despite worries over IP and slow uptake, OpenAI is pitching that a half-size budget AI film can out-roar big studio dinosaurs. Meanwhile, the fancy Cannes debut is set to test if automated pixels can really summon movie magic or just geeky glitches.
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OpenAIâs trying to convince Hollywood that 'Critterz'âan AI animated film made in nine months for less than $30 millionâis the future, but GPT-5âs noise was more snooze. Meanwhile, studios cling to drama like a bald eagle to its last feather.
Only in America can you spend less than $30 million making an AI movie and still aim for Cannes. Meanwhile, Hollywood execs are still fumbling with cranky typewriters best suited for telegrams.
OpenAIâs 'Critterz' proves if you train an algorithm long enough, it can almost replicate that classic Hollywood charmâaka low-budget animation and last-minute panic.
Source: Theverge | Published: 9/8/2025 | Author: Robert Hart
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