Pomegranate

Pomegranate is a science-fiction short of about 28 minutes by Zack London, the American creator who publishes as Gossip Goblin (the Astana festival lists him as Zachary London). It was released on YouTube on 22 July 2026, after a run of teasers on TikTok and Instagram announcing the date.

London wrote, directed and produced it with Edward Saatchi and Fable Studio, according to The Daring Creatives. The credit roll runs to fifteen names; the same article credits Alexandru Mihai with leading the animation and Razvan Ilinca (Răzvan Ilinca) with editing and supervising post, and sets this larger crew against London's earlier work as a mostly solo creator. A reviewer calls the film the product of a state-of-the-art machine-learning pipeline without naming tools. The Daring Creatives describes London's general process as built on Midjourney, Seedream, Veo 3, Runway and HeyGen, with human actors voicing his longer films, but does not say which of these were used on Pomegranate.

London's channel is known for AI-made worlds, and the studio behind his work says its stories are written and directed by humans with AI as a "force multiplier". Pomegranate followed his April 2026 short The Patchwright and came ahead of his first feature, Gods Don't Give Gifts.

At the Astana AI Film Festival in October 2026, an international jury named Pomegranate (science fiction, adventure, USA) the winner of the Best Concept special nomination, among winners from several countries.

By 17 September 2026, reviewers reported that the original YouTube upload had been set to private; one review says YouTube's automated systems flagged parts of his content and that London publicly disputed a nudity and sexual-content flag. Viewers have since pointed to fan-made copies, and some commenters say they could no longer find the film. Its reception among viewers who saw it is warm: reviewers and commenters praise its cinematography, lighting, sound and emotional core.