This is a gross mischaracterization of what I said. My concerns that a tool like this would have to be used, and my repeated hopes that they would find ways to not have to use it, are in NO WAY an endorsement of those tools. I understand outrage farming is a fun way to get engagement on here, but this is inappropriate. I know there's a lot of passion around using AI at all in the VFX process which is why I repeatedly labeled my speculation as conjecture and not any actual news reporting. If you wanted to start an actual discourse around this, a clip of what I actually said, in context, would have been fair. Repeatedly misquoting me is not.

Whatever is going on, I hope Matt Reeves is OK.

I quite liked DIGGER. It's going to be divisive -- the film's marketing campaign only shows part of what this movie ultimately is. (No, it's not a secret musical.) I wasn't sure why Tom Cruise wanted to do a movie like this. He can get awards attention in other ways. And why did it have to be in VistaVision? But after seeing Digger, I get it. It's a huge idea, in small packaging, shot with grand spectacle and style. Digger Rockwell is to Tom Cruise's body of work what Riggan / Birdman was to Michael Keaton. Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Tropic Thunder... it's all there in the multitudes of Cruise's performance. One could call it derivative of that other Iñárritu film, I think I prefer Emmanuel Lubezki having graduated out of the showy oners and into a more visually exquisite format. Digger has even loftier aims in exploring the very purpose of art in the world we live in. Yes, a story like this *does* need to be in a format like VistaVision. I was lucky to see a screening projected in that format, and the level of detail and theatricality brought out definitely served the intention. It's interesting to see the discourse among reviews reflecting the exact argument in my favorite scene of the movie. Once everyone knows what this movie is, Tom Cruise choosing it as his project between legacy sequels makes a lot of sense. I'll admit that even understanding the film's conceit doesn't make the extreme clowning always fun to watch, or always fun to appreciate even in an exploitative sense. It will test the patience of some. But I admire its boldness, and I think viewers will be breathless when the credits roll.

Seated! And manspreaded as much as Tom is!

me after Doom erased me from this promo

I wonder why the Russo Brothers keep posting photos that show her peeking out at us from the background 👀

wait a minute...

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is filled with horrid surprises and grounded dissociative humor. I really enjoyed it. The first two thirds is masterfully shot and perfectly edited survival horror. The final third is madcap Cabin in the Woods fun. Like Weapons and Barbarian, Cregger’s flavor of fear forces you through some tonal swings and choices that you just have to go with. But the guy really knows what he’s doing. Austin Abrams has made a real turkey dinner out of “running scared” and I could watch him do it in 100 more movies.

Asa Germann (Gen V) CONFIRMED as Angel / Warren Worthington III in Marvel Studios' X-MEN, coming May 5, 2028. Complete cast so far: Asa Germann as Angel Warren Worthington III Christopher Abbott as Prof Charles Xavier Kit Connor as Cyclops Scott Summers Sadie Sink as Jean Grey Maya Boyd as Ororo Munroe Storm Inde Navarette as Rogue Samara Weaving as Emma Frost Adam Driver as Mister Sinister Nathaniel Milbury Directed by Jake Schreier

I don’t know what was creepier about my @HorrorNights experience — the demonic face we accidentally captured in the smoke, or what Freaky Nikki said to me when I thought she was obsessed with the dude in front of me…