Hell Grind (trailer above) was produced entirely on the Higgsfield AI video platform by a 15-person team in Kazakhstan, purportedly in just 14 days for $500,000 or which $400,000 was compute costs. In other words, labor and all the rest was 1/4 the cost of compute
https://www.creativebloq.com/ai/the-future-is-one-person-making-a-whole-film-says-director-of-first-ai-movie-at-cannes
Here's the trailer (no doubt preceded by multiple ads)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzfQuC0aMU
Honestly, it doesn't look particularly worse than the limitless flow of garbage perpetually emitting from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (I'm in trouble if my wife sees that comment).
And this
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
https://longreads.com/2026/05/12/training-ai-tv-industry/
OTOH... Hollywood still can't solve babies with CGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygCoyygZI6Q