We're offering a 2-week trial of WrapPRO for $1. If you’ve been wanting to check out our full coverage, now’s the time. Greetings!In an exclusive first look at director Doug Liman's "Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi," we take you inside a new way of filmmaking that its producers say allowed them to create a $300 million project for $70 million. The film stars Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot, Pete Davidson and Isla Fisher in a globe-trotting thriller about the search for the identity of the person who invented Bitcoin. While Casey's brother Ben's InterPositive focuses on AI tools that help with post-production and editing, this goes a step further with AI-generated background and sets. While the actors and their performances are real, they're walking and performing around a lot of gray-screened area (blue and green tests produced subpar results). Said Casey Affleck: “It was much more like acting in a Broadway play than in the giant event film that Doug’s final product will actually be ... I could see his mad genius at work trying to reinvent cinema itself. We were all standing around in awe.” Producer Ryan Kavanaugh, who originally wanted to make the film, said they decided to use AI early on. "We realized we could bring down the cost by utilizing some of the AI tools out there,” he said. So he and his bother Matt Kavanaugh, Garrett Grant and Lawrence Grey founded Acme AI & FX to produce the movie. While AI remains a sensitive topic in Hollywood, the film represents the entertainment's quiet — but quickening — adoption of the technology, particularly as a tool to assist in production. "Killing Satoshi" doesn't use AI to generate humans and still fully relies on the talent of director Liman, cinematographer Henry Braham (“Superman,” “Guardians of the Galaxy 3”), costume designer Richard Sale (“Jurassic World: Rebirth,” “Eternals”) and production designer Oliver Scholl (“Edge of Tomorrow,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming”). Acme is among a number of companies in Hollywood trying to use AI while avoiding replacing the creative aspect. In total, producers said “Killing Satoshi” employed 107 cast members, 100 shoot crew and 54 non-shoot crew — fairly on par for an independent feature, although major blockbusters can employ thousands of crew members to bring them to fruition. “AI is part of our process, but the process starts with human intent and human direction,” Scholl said. Roger Cheng Before we move on, be sure to follow me on my socials linked below for the latest updates. DMs are open for tips.    
So if the actors and many of the crew are human, where does AI factor in?... 
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