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Steven Soderbergh Details AI Plans for Lennon–Ono Doc and Spanish–American War Film

The move shows generative tools creeping into studio projects under tight human oversight.

Overview

  • Soderbergh said his John LennonYoko Ono documentary is almost finished and uses AI to craft brief dreamlike images.
  • He said about 90% of the visuals are archival stills, with roughly 10 minutes of AI imagery spread across the 90-minute cut.
  • The film centers on a three-hour RKO Radio interview recorded hours before Lennon was killed.
  • He described AI as useful yet needing very close human supervision throughout the process.
  • He is developing a Spanish–American War feature with Wagner Moura that would use extensive AI for period visuals, with casting and financing still in flux and two studios showing interest.