Higgsfield AI's $500K feature film turns AI actors into a Hollywood test case

The 95-minute "Hell Grind" cost about $500,000 and turns generative video from short-clip promise into a labor and distribution test.

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Higgsfield AI is testing whether generative video can graduate from viral clips to full-length production, while forcing Hollywood to confront the labor, rights and economics of AI actors.

Higgsfield AI's $500K feature film turns AI actors into a Hollywood test case

Alex Mashrabov's Higgsfield AI has pushed its generative video pitch into feature length with "Hell Grind," a 95-minute sci-fi action thriller starring AI-generated actors that premiered in May at Marche du Film in Cannes and screened this week in New York, according to Business Insider.…

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