David Mamet’s ‘Speed The Plow’ Among First Films Using AI-Powered Production System Debuting In Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Pao, the independent producer behind Andrew Garfield film Under The Silver Lake, has used the Cannes Film Festival to launch an AI-powered production platform.

Named New Hollywood, the system aims to make it easier for filmmakers to develop, produce, and post-produce movie projects, as well as connect with potential backers.

David Mamet-directed Speed The Plow will be one of the first films to use New Hollywood. Revealed by Deadline in February, the project has attached Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Brave New World), Ben Mendelsohn (Dark Knight Rises), Emily Alyn Lind (We Were Liars), and Sharon Stone (Casino).

Pao will preview the platform for buyers, producers, and financiers in Cannes. New Hollywood aims to support script development through the creation of pitch decks, animatics, and teasers. It can create production breakdowns and schedules, allows actors to self-tape on the platform, and automatically assembles a cut for every scene shot in a day. It also creates trailers and sales reels, and connects projects directly with production companies looking for new material.

“Independent filmmaking has always been driven by artists, but the process around it has become increasingly fragmented and opaque,” said Pao, founder of Tunnel. “New Hollywood was built to cut through that complexity while giving creators, producers and financiers a more connected, transparent way to move projects forward, while democratizing the process for new and emerging filmmakers.”

View this article at Deadline.