Alan Pao Launches AI Film Platform at Cannes, With 1 David Mamet Movie Among First Users
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Updated · Deadline · May 14
Alan Pao Launches AI Film Platform at Cannes, With 1 David Mamet Movie Among First Users
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · May 14
New Hollywood debuted at the Cannes Film Festival as Alan Pao’s AI-powered platform for developing, producing and post-producing films while linking projects with potential financiers.
The system is designed to cut friction in independent filmmaking by generating pitch decks, animatics and teasers, building breakdowns and schedules, enabling actor self-tapes, and assembling rough daily scene cuts.
David Mamet’s "Speed The Plow" is among the first films set to use the platform; the project already has Anthony Mackie, Ben Mendelsohn, Emily Alyn Lind and Sharon Stone attached.
Pao said the platform aims to make a fragmented, opaque process more connected and transparent for creators, producers and financiers, while widening access for emerging filmmakers.
The launch also drew immediate backlash in reader comments, underscoring industry tension over whether AI can streamline workflows without displacing human creative judgment.
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