OpenAI comes for Hollywood with Critterz, an AI-powered animated film 

OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence company, is venturing into the world of filmmaking with an AI-powered animated feature film called "Critterz." The film is expected to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2026 and hit theaters worldwide. Critterz is being produced on a relatively low budget of less than $30 million, a fraction of the typical cost for animated features. The film is being made primarily using OpenAI's AI tools, including the GPT-5 language model, which the company hopes will demonstrate the capabilities of generative AI in the entertainment industry. OpenAI is collaborating with LA- and London-based partners Native Foreign and Vertigo Films to bring Critterz to life. The company is aiming to convince skeptical Hollywood executives to embrace AI technology, which has faced slow uptake, resistance from talent and audiences, and concerns over intellectual property and creative agency.