AI film Odysseus The Fall release as Nolan's Odyssey opens

A new, artificially intelligence-generated feature film based on the ancient Greek epic of Odysseus will be released online later this summer, arriving just as Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated $250 million adaptation of "The Odyssey" opens in theaters this Friday, July 17. The AI film, titled "Odysseus: The Fall," was created by filmmaker Ash Koosha and the AI studio Fountain O, presenting a stark contrast in scale, budget, and production methodology to Nolan's star-studded blockbuster.

The 135-minute AI film was produced in approximately three months for a budget in the mid-five figures, a fraction of the reported cost of Nolan's project. It was created using a suite of AI tools, primarily the Chinese video generation platform Kling, alongside other software for imagery, language editing, and research. According to the filmmakers, actors, sets, and cameras were entirely replaced by AI models, though they emphasize the screenplay, imagery concepts, and character voices were products of human creativity. The cast consists of digital twins of 12 licensed individuals, including Koosha himself as the inspiration for Odysseus.

In a statement, Koosha described the project as...