‘Hollywood is done for’: AI-generated trailers take over the internet, Avengers Endgame director says movies next

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Although its attempts are far from realistic and often bizarrely amusing, some creators have already used it to generate entire movie trailers for nonexistent films and ads for imaginary products...

One of the most popular examples is Star Wars by Wes Anderson, a fan-made clip that reimagines the classic sci-fi saga in the quirky style of the indie director..

The trend has even sparked Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russos interest who has predicted that AI-generated feature films could arrive in just two years..

Titled The Galactic Menagerie, the trailer features familiar Star Wars characters such as Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, but with the faces of actors who often appear in Andersons films, such as Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson and Jeff Goldblum..

While the trailer is a great demonstration of how far generative AI technology has come, perhaps @ChristianF369 got too carried away, declaring in the posts caption that Hollywood is done for. The assessment prompted hilarious responses from hundreds of users who obviously disagreed...