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You've heard about Doug Liman's upcoming Bitcoin film, one of the first hybrid AI productions, made on a $70 million budget.
When I first saw the announcement, I always wondered: what's the budget breakdown?
For the first time, we've got answers. I sat down with producer @RyanKavanaugh and he walked me through all of it: where the cost went, what the workflow was actually like, and how this is going to reshape filmmaking.
• His first budget came back at $150 million. He shot it for $70 million.
• How this was split between ATL, BTL, and R&D (100 person crew - everyone got full freight)
• 213 locations across 18 countries, all shot in 21 days on one stage
• 130+ day players, shot in under 2 days
• 60 patents came out of building the system to do it, and they're already in production on a half dozen other hybrid projects
Part of the new season of Inside the AI Studio by @vplandtweets, shot at @aionthelot. Full episode below.
Ok very funny reference
Video Insert is now live on H3 Max, the fastest video model on the market and ranked #1 for video editing.
With this new endpoint you can now generate and then insert a new scene into an existing video with H3 Max. Guide the scene with a prompt, reference images, or reference videos, then return to the original footage.
Take your original videos and then add a seamless new scene within it.
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Video Insert is now live on H3 Max, the fastest video model on the market and ranked #1 for video editing.
With this new endpoint you can now generate and then insert a new scene into an existing video with H3 Max. Guide the scene with a prompt, reference images, or reference videos, then return to the original footage.
Take your original videos and then add a seamless new scene within it.
Look, this is a bummer thread and we’re definitely going through an industry shift, but AI is like 3rd or 4th on list of causes and was barely a factor in the early 2020s.
When I’ve already maxed out my ChatGPT usage for the week
Please welcome GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna to the GPT-6 universe.
GPT-6 Sol and Luna build on the advances behind GPT-6 Astra, bringing much of its strengths into faster and more affordable models to support work at scale.
We’ve also made caching and inference more efficient, and we’re passing the savings directly to you: 50% lower API prices for Sol and Luna compared with GPT‑5.6 promotional pricing.
iPhone Quibi
"Netflix’s TikTok-style video feed will “seamlessly” switch between vertical and horizontal video as users unfold the device"
Netflix has been working with Apple to redesign its app for the iPhone Duo:
• Billboard: Netflix’s featured content cards will use the larger display for more dynamic visual effects
• Clips: Netflix’s TikTok-style video feed will “seamlessly” switch between vertical and horizontal video as users unfold the device
• Playback: The video player and controls will automatically adapt whether the iPhone Duo is full screen, folded or propped up
variety.com/2026/digital/new…
I keep thinking I’m looking at DiscussingFish stories
But as a Waffle House connoisseur, I’m down with this
Inde Navarrette will star in a new sci-fi thriller ‘THE WAFFLE HOUSE INDEX’ for Apple.
The film follows a Waffle House waitress who has a terrible night shift featuring a gunman, a mass flood, killer crocodiles, a nuclear explosion, a magical bunker under the Waffle House & aliens.
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com/movies…)
I had an extremely enlightening chat with @venturetwins as part of our Inside the AI Studio Interview series a few months ago at @aionthelot
The key takeaway (and I agree): AI agents can execute the workflow, but they still don’t have taste.
We also talk about:
• Why algorithms, not studios or distributors, may become the new gatekeepers
• How better video models are driving more AI content into everyday feeds
• Why microdramas are a natural fit for hybrid AI production
• How agents choosing tools could decide which models and platforms win
Check out the full interview below. More interviews at @vplandtweets
Should’ve tried CorridorKey
New York, we’re doing everything we can to keep you safe this hurricane season. I brought in an expert to help get us prepared.
Here's what you should do if a storm is on its way:
1. Check whether you live in a coastal evacuation zone and find your nearest City-run evacuation center at finder.nyc.gov/hurricane.
2. Pack a go bag with medications, important documents and other essentials.
3. Sign up for emergency alerts by texting NOTIFYNYC to 692-692.
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Been following @mattworkman for years and years. Always great to see an interview with him and @C47 on VP Land. Check it out!
youtube.com/watch?v=RgOEK5qg…
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fun interview I did with Joey from Denoised podcast at AI on the Lot! youtu.be/RgOEK5qgPWI?si=eS3v…
This was a sex and the city episode - but if she was Samantha she'd get the agent to double down on commitments
i just found out my bestfriend broke up with her sf boyfriend over the weekend
i asked what happened
she goes "i found out he had an ai agent managing the relationship"
turns out the thoughtful texts, the check-ins, the good morning messages, the conflict resolution, dinner date plans...all automated
my friend was emotionally attached to a cron job
The pilot episode better be called “Thank the Phoenicians!”
Disney+ has ordered a pilot for a "Spaceship Earth" TV series inspired by the EPCOT ride of the same name.
The logline for the pilot states: "When a mission to avert an imminent global cataclysm goes awry, a small band of teenagers from Earth's past and future must join forces to confront a threat as vast and mysterious as time itself."
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Chatting with the amazing @C47 on AI dramas, hybrid AI, and how audiences and studios approach this new era of storytelling
10,000+ fully AI made drama titles shipped last month, and people are paying more for them than they pay for Netflix.
New season of Inside the AI Studio kicks off with Sophia Xing (@xingsthatmatter), CEO of @plotpartyai, which produces AI micro dramas and sells the tools for anyone else to make them.
What we get into:
• The economics of microdramas
• How much of what you're watching is already AI
• Whether an audience will ever follow an AI actor
Watch the full episode: