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News DeskOctober 30, 20261 min read: A scene from ‘Grok Odyssey’, an AI-driven adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic ‘The Odyssey’, created using Grok Imagine’s video-generation technology. PHOTO: X

ARTS / CULTURE & LEISURE Chinese and Elon Musk-linked AI films stumble at box office and with critics, exposing storytelling gap Core problem lies in disconnect between content, market: expert Two high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) film projects in China and the US have encountered disappointing market and critical responses within days of each other, with audiences and…

R Kumar, Minister for artificial intelligence.(Photo | Express) Updated on: 29 Oct 2026, 2:46 am

Andy Serkis’ performance capture and virtual production company, Imaginarium Studios, has promoted Maeve Russell to Chief Operating Officer.

The first episode of Elon Musk’s AI-generated Odyssey. The seven-minute instalment was made by London-based Wonder Studios. Computer-generated: Grok ImagineThe first episode of Elon Musk’s AI-generated Odyssey. The seven-minute instalment was made by London-based Wonder Studios. Computer-generated: Grok Imagine

Brompton Technology processing and AUO LED panels form the LED volume at Digi-Cast HANEDA STUDIO in Tokyo, a virtual production facility run by Crescent, Inc. The studio combines the LED volume with Crescent’s own motion capture, volumetric video and photogrammetry technologies.

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Amazon Ads have teamed up to launch Open to Fun – an immersive, multi-channel campaign promoting the new animated feature, The Cat in the Hat, arriving in cinemas on 6th November.

Shimane Kabelo MamashelaTUT claimed the Fiction category with It’s Just a Movie, directed by Shimane Kabelo Mamashela, while George Temba’s The Silent Inheritance took top honours in the Documentary category. Mamashela is currently enrolled for a Postgraduate Diploma in Motion Picture Production majoring in Cinematography while Temba is an alum who obtained a Postgraduate Diploma…

Three months after Elon Musk declared that Grok would release a full-length, “historically accurate” movie version of “The Odyssey,” Grok has published a whole seven minutes, which the company is now calling “Episode 1 of our Odyssey series.”

Popcorn Studio AI, the Dubai-based artificial intelligence platform transforming how films and video content are created, has announced a $1 million funding package, marking a significant milestone in its mission to reshape the future of creative production.