Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature directorial debut with a film that will make abundant use of A.I. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film titled 'Uncanny Valley' will be set in the world of immersive video games and utilize A.I. Lyonne is working on the project with Brit Marling, and they've teamed up with longtime technology innovator (and sometime-skeptic) Jaron Lanier.
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00:00Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature directorial debut with a film that will make abundant use of AI.
00:07The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film titled Uncanny Valley will be set in the world of immersive video games and utilize AI.
00:15Lyonne is working on the project with Brent Marling, and they've teamed up with longtime technology innovator, and sometimes skeptic, Jaron Lanier.
00:22The project is backed by Asteria, the new AI-based studio founded by Lyonne and filmmaker and entrepreneur Bryn Mouser.
00:30Lyonne will direct from a script she wrote with Marling, both will star.
00:34The movie is centered on a teenage girl who becomes unmoored by a hugely popular AR video game in a parallel present.
00:40It will blend traditional live action and game elements.
00:44The latter will be created by Lanier as well as Lyonne and Marling.
00:47And the entire enterprise will draw on AI from Asteria partner Moon Valley via a model called Mari,
00:53which, unlike systems from companies like Runway and OpenAI, is built only on data that has been copyright cleared.
00:59A representative for Asteria says the film, quote,
01:01will blend traditional storytelling techniques with cutting-edge AI technologies to create a radical new cinematic experience.
01:08For much more on this story, go to THR.com.
01:12This is The Hollywood Reporter News.