Overview
- Soderbergh, in a Tuesday Filmmaker Magazine interview, said his John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary is nearly finished and uses AI for dreamlike moments.
- He said about 90% of the 90-minute film relies on archival stills, with roughly 10 minutes of AI imagery used when the subjects speak philosophically.
- The documentary draws on a three-hour RKO Radio interview recorded hours before Lennon was killed, and he consulted the family with Sean Lennon hoping it highlights John’s work beyond music.
- For a planned feature about the 1898 Spanish–American War, he plans to use a lot of AI for period visuals, with Wagner Moura attached and two studios circling as casting and budgeting continue.
- His comments arrive as Hollywood wrestles with how to use generative tools, with SAG-AFTRA recently endorsing a federal AI policy framework.