Speaking on Paramount Skydance's earnings call, CEO David Ellison said AI could become the biggest creative unlock in modern filmmaking history, comparing its potential impact to CGI's role in films like Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. He said the company is developing its own AI tools that could lower production budgets, citing Terminator's original $4 million cost versus an estimated $60-70 million to remake it today, and argued AI could make riskier, more original storytelling financially viable.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-09
Actress Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise, has stated she is not participating in a planned seventh installment of the series. No further details on the project's development or director were disclosed.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-29
An adult-animated series based on the Mister Miracle character is reportedly in advanced development, with Josh Hutcherson and Mackenzie Davis attached to star. Details on the network or streaming home for the project have not been disclosed.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-15
Figure AI released a nearly four-minute promotional video showing its older F.02 humanoid robot units being thrown or made to leap into a vat of liquid steel at a foundry in Imatra, Finland. The video echoes a scene from "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and features Arnold Schwarzenegger. Figure says the robots were trained beforehand to dive off a balcony in test conditions, and the actual filming happened across six melts with only a 20-minute window per melt.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-02
A programmer created a visualization tool to explain why the moon's illuminated side can appear to point upward after sunset, contrary to the naive expectation that it should point down toward the sun. Using the program, they found that when the moon is high in the sky rather than at the horizon, an observer looks at it from below, causing the dark portion to appear as a slice missing from the bottom rather than the whole underside. The effect is most visible with a nearly full moon and produces no visible paradox with a half-moon.
notes.secretsauce.net
· 2026-09-27
StudioCanal is bringing James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day back to theaters this weekend to mark the film's 35th anniversary and the franchise's fictional 'Judgment Day' date of August 29, 1997. The re-release prompted a retrospective look at the sequel's production history, including Schwarzenegger's push for a follow-up and Cameron's decision to reframe the original Terminator as a protective figure for young John Connor.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-28
A report compiles 13 approaches organizations are using to align artificial intelligence deployment with corporate values, emphasizing judgment, trust, and guardrails rather than unchecked adoption. The piece frames AI as a powerful but unpredictable force, urging leaders to think carefully about intent before implementation.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-08-25
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