Danny Boyle has confirmed that his Netflix film Ink, about Rupert Murdoch's early years running The Sun, contains a small amount of AI-generated material. Speaking to Vanity Fair at Telluride, he put it at roughly half a minute: a few archival photographs brought to life, plus some mice scurrying through the newsroom.
The mice were a deliberate choice. Boyle linked them to the complaint he got from PETA over the live chimpanzees in 28 Days Later, after which he switched to computer-made animals, and said AI now does that job well. He called the technology a useful part of the effects toolkit, on condition that it is used with respect and that actors are paid if any digital stand-in replaces them.
Ink opened Venice and is being talked about as an awards contender, and TheWrap notes that AI has stirred awards debates before, as with The Brutalist's dialogue edits. Netflix had not commented. The film reaches selected cinemas on 11 December and streams from 8 January.
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