OpenAI’s $30M AI Flick: Hollywood’s Cheapest Digital Critterz
OpenAI is crashing Cannes in 2026 with 'Critterz,' an AI-powered animated feature costing less than $30 million—Hollywood'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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(1 of 3)OpenAI’s trying to convince Hollywood that 'Critterz'—an AI animated film made in nine months for less than $30 million—is the future, but GPT-5’s 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.
OpenAI’s 'Critterz' proves if you train an algorithm long enough, it can almost replicate that classic Hollywood charm—aka low-budget animation and last-minute panic.
Source: Theverge | Published: 9/8/2025 | Author: Robert Hart
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