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Over 300 AI filmmakers, industry executives and the AI curious attended AI Creator Day. The inaugural AI Creator Day, organized by @TheWrap and @WhatsTrending, brought our community together in one room and the Fairground team was in attendance. Our Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris (@cpetrien) joined Chris M. Williams (@chrismwil) and David Bianchi (@davidbianchi) on a panel moderated by Sharon Waxman (@sharonwaxman). Meanwhile, our team spent the day with current partners, meeting new AI filmmakers and talking about a big pain point for AI cinema: distribution. If you couldn't attend, here are our 3 takeaways: 1. The AI curious have entered the group chat. A big share of attendees were newer to the industry and they know embracing AI filmmaking is no longer optional. 2. In-person beats social media. Top AI filmmakers and execs were having honest, real conversations that never make it onto social. It gave us a clearer roadmap of where the industry is headed than anything posted online. 3. Our industry is exciting! Everyone in the room is genuinely excited about the future and it reminds us why we love this industry. We're already counting down to AI Creator Day 2027. If you were there, what was your biggest takeaway? #AIFilmmaking# #AICinema# #CreatorEconomy# #aicinema# #aifilms#

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AI Creator Day is tomorrow. Are you going? The inaugural AI Creator Day has kept gaining momentum with new speakers added right up to the final days. With the lineup now set, some exciting last-minute additions could make this one of the most impactful summits of 2026. David Bianchi (@davidbianchi), whose work RZR was recently nominated for an Emmy, is joining Fairground Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris (@cpetrien) and Pocket Watch CEO Chris M. Williams (@chrismwil) on the panel "From AI Tools to Audience Hits: Building What's Next," moderated by Sharon Waxman (@sharonwaxman). AI Creators and Filmmakers are already earning millions of followers and hundreds of millions of views on social media. Colin is excited to dig into what comes next: how that work makes its way from digital platforms to the biggest screens in the home. And the rest of the day is just as strong: Prem Akkaraju (@premakkaraju) of Stability AI will deliver the keynote address. Darin Stewart (@bydarinstewart) and Simone Ferretti (@sferro21) will discuss the series The Ark, Artlist's first original AI series. Bernie Su (@BernieSu) of Pickford AI joins the panel "The OGs: YouTube's First Wave Takes On AI" alongside Taryn Southern (@TarynSouthern) and others. A special thank you to @TheWrap and @WhatsTrending for building such an important event for our industry. We'll see you tomorrow and if you're not attending, stay tuned for a recap later this week!

Destin Daniel Cretton reveals he turned down AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY after feeling he wasn’t the right fit. “When I told Kevin Feige, he mentioned ‘Spidey’… which was a huge relief.” Five to six months later, Amy Pascal offered him SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, despite there not yet being a script. (via TheWrap)

Why does everyone think AI filmmaking is easy? At AI Creator Day earlier this week, our Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris and David Bianchi spoke about the skill and mastery AI filmmaking demands, and how most of the entertainment industry is still unaware of the time, dedication and cost behind it. David put this wonderfully: "I … want to dispel the notion that producing AI cinema is easy. It's f–king hard, and it's an egregious amount of work." He pointed to a commercial of his that aired at the top of the panel. Total runtime: three minutes and 38 seconds. Behind it: 1,200 renders and more than 200 hours of labor from a team of four. AI filmmaking is not as easy as typing a one-sentence prompt into an AI tool, as a lot of people seem to think. Colin then added that stellar storytelling will decide whether work from AI creators and studios succeeds on distribution platforms: "I think that's the lost art … just telling good stories." "Filmmakers now can have a little story that they're passionate about, create it, and it can be distributed into this big local TV ecosystem." That's exactly why Fairground exists: to showcase the best of AI cinema and dispel the assumptions around the art form. This panel was a great example of how to educate the AI-curious on the realities of AI filmmaking. We're still buzzing from this and the other conversations at the event, and we're grateful to be part of one this important. Thanks to @TheWrap and @WhatsTrending for giving us the stage to have it.

Fairground is honored to be part of the inaugural AI Creator Day. AI Creators and Filmmakers are producing amazing work, earning them millions of followers and hundreds of millions of views globally on social media. So what comes next? Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris (@cpetrien) will be joining the panel "From AI Tools to Audience Hits: Building What's Next" alongside Chris M. Williams (@chrismwil), the Founder & CEO of @pocketwatchhq. They will be digging into new models for creator-driven entertainment, including how AI-native content is making its way from digital platforms to the biggest screens in the home. This is a timely conversation for us. Fairground has spent the last few months bridging the gap between the incredible, hard work of the AI filmmaking community and real distribution, getting that content in front of FAST channel viewers on major CTV platforms. As our community's work now airs on major platforms in front of new audiences, we're excited for Colin to share what Fairground is doing to lead this charge. We're also looking forward to hearing from some of the other speakers at the event: Jagger Waters (@glamoureptile), Caleb Ward (@calebwward), Verena Puhm (@verenapuhm), Shira Lazar (@shiralazar), among others. A special thank you to @TheWrap and @WhatsTrending) for putting together such an important event for our industry.

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