it seems obvious that historical epics will become AI video's #1# use-case i recently saw the stills (below) for this upcoming movie called Cortés and it insta-hooked me: > oscar-nominated screenwriter nicholas kazan spent 30+ years trying to make Cortés: a 2-part epic about the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire > but he could never get it made bc it was always “too big, too expensive, just always ‘too.’” (recreating lost cities and massive battles is giga expensive!!) > he wanted to bring a historically accurate 1500s tenochtitlan (where mexico city stands today) back to life > its an almost mythical city of towering temples and canals built on a lake, with enormous causeways connecting it to the mainland > then tell the story of the spanish arrival, the collision of two civilizations, and the massive battles that brought the aztec empire down > now it's finally in production because AI filmmaking tools are helping to overcome those cost and scale barriers > planned for 2027 > the concept art and stills below are fucking stunning it's not just Cortés either Vin diesel has also been trying to make his Hannibal epic for 20+ years (an army crossing the alps with war elephants to take on Rome). but one studio put the budget for it at $217M back in 2005. so imagine how many other filmmakers have spent decades sitting on their most ambitious projects because they were “too expensive.” those are the films i wanna binge watch.