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Fountain 0's AI-made Odyssey film panned as barely watchable despite Hollywood claims

Fountain 0, an AI studio co-founded by Ash Koosha, released Odysseus: The Fall, a 2.5-hour film billed as the first fully AI-generated movie made at blockbuster quality. Koosha wrote, directed, voiced the lead character, and composed the score. Reviewers found the film riddled with visual inconsistencies—shifting cyclops heights, mismatched wave directions, unsynced mouths, and warping oars—undermining its ambitious claims.

theverge.com · 2026-09-16

Werner Herzog blasts filmmaker who used AI to imitate his style in 'About a Hero'

Werner Herzog criticized a 2025 film called 'About a Hero,' which used an AI-generated script trained on his movies and an AI deepfake of Herzog himself as narrator. He said he told the filmmaker beforehand that the idea was 'abysmally stupid' and refused to participate in the project.

futurism.com · 2026-09-12