Imagine this: major Hollywood studios, the giants of the silver screen, caught red-handed making bank off AI-generated fake movie trailers on YouTube. Sounds like something out of a Black Mirror episode, right? 🎬 But here’s the kicker—according to Deadline, instead of putting a stop to these copyright-infringing shenanigans, studios like Warner Bros. Discovery cut deals with YouTube to funnel the ad revenue straight into their pockets. So, the folks who slapped these trailers together with minimal effort got zilch, while the studios? They’re sitting pretty. 💰
And get this: there was this fake Superman reboot trailer so convincing it tricked French national television. Director James Gunn’s response? A trio of puking emojis on X, seemingly clueless that his own studio was lining its pockets from the whole debacle. 🤢 Now that’s what I call irony.
Why would these studios let their shiny brands get dragged through the mud like this? The answer’s as clear as a foggy London morning. But with views in the billions, the money was too good to pass up—until YouTube stepped in and demonetized the whole mess after Deadline blew the whistle. Channels like Screen Culture, the kingpins of AI trailers, got the boot from the YouTube Partner Program. 🚫
On one side, creators are up in arms, saying it was all in the name of ‘creative exploration.’ KH Studio’s founder claims they were just dabbling in ‘what if’ scenarios. On the flip side, Screen Culture, with its 1.4 million followers, pumped out over 20 AI trailers for Fantastic Four: First Steps alone. 🤯 Talk about overkill.
This whole mess throws up some serious questions about ethics, copyright, and where we’re headed in this AI-driven content frenzy. Is it the ‘race to the bottom’ SAG-AFTRA warns about, or just another day in the chaotic digital frontier? Grab your popcorn, folks. This story’s far from over. 🍿
