Roger Avary to direct Paradise Lost film adaptation using AI for Ex Machina Studios
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Updated · Deadline · Apr 29
Roger Avary to direct Paradise Lost film adaptation using AI for Ex Machina Studios
7 articles · Updated · Deadline · Apr 29
Avary, an Oscar-winning writer and director, will collaborate with Ex Machina Studios and producer Marco Weber, employing proprietary generative AI to create the film on an ambitious indie budget.
The project aims to faithfully adapt John Milton's 1667 epic poem, with world sales launching at the Cannes market and no cast or start date yet announced.
Paradise Lost has challenged filmmakers before, but Avary believes AI will enable a visually expansive, cost-effective production while preserving human storytelling and guild standards.
Can Roger Avary's AI vision finally conquer the epic poem that defeated Hollywood for decades?
As AI threatens 204,000 jobs, is this film a creative breakthrough or a new way to replace artists?
How will this film prove its 'guild-aligned' promise to an industry still reeling from strikes over AI?
Is using artificial intelligence to adapt a sacred epic an act of artistic innovation or digital blasphemy?
With a producer from the failed 'Fantastic Four' reboot, can this tech-heavy epic avoid past mistakes?