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Barbenheimer | Movie Trailer

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SkyNet is Here…

BARBENHEIMER, AN AI MOVIE TRAILER OF WHAT IS COMING

RVAMAG–Hollywood is burning, and it’s not just the California sun. The writers’ union has been grinding axes for a while now, and recently, the actors joined the fray. There are tons of sticking points between the unions and the big studios, but the elephant in the room is artificial intelligence (AI) and its impending impact on the art of film creation. In the last 18 months or so, AI has slammed the creative industries, chopping down production times and slashing pay. There’s a real fear that this AI revolution could lead to sweeping unemployment or wage reductions to borderline poverty levels—and we’re not talking distant future. We’re talking with a couple of years, maybe less.

The ‘Barbierians’ Are At The Gate

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The Barbie Movie Used So Much Pink Paint, The ‘World Ran Out’ Of It

Yahoo!News–Bringing Barbieland to life on the big screen for the iconic doll’s upcoming movie required a lot of pink paint – so much, in fact, that they “cleaned out” their suppliers.

The Greta Gerwig-directed film, which stars Margot Robbie in the title role, was partly shot at Leavesden Studios near Watford, where production designer Sarah Greenwood and her team constructed colourful sets inspired by Barbie’s famous Dreamhouse and other classic toys.

Speaking to Architectural Digest about the process, she claimed that “the world ran out of pink” – specifically a fluorescent shade of paint made by Rosco, a company which is known for supplying products like scene paints and colour filters for the film and TV industry.