Disney's latest animated feature, Hexed, premiered in Los Angeles on Thursday night, and much of its cast turned out for the event.
Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie Doe, a teenager who learns she has magical powers and sets off into another world. Rashida Jones plays her mother, Jodie Foster voices Queen Celeste, a sinister mother and grandmother, and Yvette Nicole Brown joins the cast as Scared Tea Cup.
The film is rated PG and hits theaters the day before Thanksgiving.
Disney and AI studio Promise showed off a new filming method in Burbank: actors perform inside gray boxes with neutral walls, and AI-assisted backgrounds and lighting are added later.
Promise co-founder Dave Clark says changing a green screen setup can take two to three hours, while gray boxes allow quicker setups and more takes. Human artists still build most environments, using AI as one tool.
Disney executives stress that directors, writers and actors will always be needed, and Disney's Rob Bredow called the idea of an AI button that makes a movie a misconception.
Adobe has expanded its Firefly AI tools, letting third-party agents operate inside Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
Adobe says its first commercial Firefly model learned from Adobe Stock images, openly licensed work and public-domain material. Terms can differ by model, so two visuals made for one campaign may be covered differently.
Adobe's chief legal officer, Louise Pentland, says Content Credentials can show where an image or video came from. Its Disney alliance will use custom models to explore early ideas for parks and cruises, with licensing terms undisclosed.
Disney wants to give Medusa her own movie, as Greek myths return to Hollywood.
Michael Montemayor, a writer behind the coming Tangled remake, has been tapped to pen the screenplay. Seven Bucks, Dwayne Johnson's production company, is behind the project, though Johnson isn't currently involved.
Medusa is one of three Gorgons who can turn people to stone, but she was the only mortal one, so Perseus could behead her. Montemayor is aiming for a distinctive angle on the character, and little else is known yet.
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