- Animation of feature film Critterz will be made with the help of the Openai GPT-5
- The film with a budget of $ 30 million should make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2026
- Paddington writers in Peru are on board
A new animated feature film, Critterz, is produced with the help of Chatgpt Creator Openai, and it could make his debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2026.
Critterz, a story on forest creatures that go on an adventure following a disturbance in their village, was originally created as a short film using Dall-E d’Openai in 2023.
Now, the creator, Chad Nelson, who is a creative specialist in Openai, has teamed up with Vertigo Films and Paddington writers in Peru to create a full version of a budget of $ 30 million.
30 million dollars may look like a huge sum of money, but compared to other animated films for long films like the last Pixar film, Elio, which has a budget of 200 million dollars, it is barely a scratch.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Vertigo Films “tries to make the film in about nine months instead of the three years it would generally take”. This is possible thanks to the AI and abroad native, “a studio specializing in the use of AI with traditional video production tools”.
However, the film will not be entirely generated by AI. Critterz will have actors of the human voice, original illustrations of artists who will then be introduced in GPT-5 and other AI images generation tools, and an original script.
The plan for the film is to present the power of OpenAi tools and to prove that AI can have a positive impact on the film industry. “Openai can say what its tools do all day, but it’s much more impactful if someone does it,” Nelson told WSJ, “it’s a much better case study than me to build a demo.”
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An Openai spokesperson told WSJ that Critterz “reflects the kind of creativity and exploration that we like to encourage.” And the company hopes that the film will present the capacities of creativity through AI, rather than damaging the reputation of technology in industry thanks to bad public relations.
The short film Critterz Original has a meager 3.2 / 10 on IMDB of 13 notes, which shows not only the lack of interest in the source of original source, but also the lack of renown of those who looked at the short circuit.
Critterz will not be the first feature film to adorn our screens, but it is the first with such a huge budget, although small compared to other animated films. With the support of the most renowned IA company in the world, Critterz could succeed where other media have not yet done so by stressing the ability of AI to promote creativity.
That said, we will have to wait until next year to find out if Critterz can really cause a disruption of the animation industry led by Juggerquets like Disney and DreamWorks.
