Netflix just made one of the most dangerous moves in Hollywood
They didn’t buy Warner Bros. Instead, they bought something potentially far more disruptive, a secretive AI company called InterPositive, founded by Ben Affleck. Most people have never heard of it and that was intentional.
Affleck reportedly registered the company through a shell entity called Fin Bone LLC, quietly filing patents while continuing his career as an actor and director.
What the AI does:
It trains directly on a film’s raw footage (the dailies) and can then:
• Relight scenes
• Reframe shots
• Remove stunt wires
• Fix missing camera angles
• Color-grade entire films
• Add visual effects
In short, work that currently takes large VFX and post-production teams weeks could potentially be done in minutes.
The timing is interesting.
Last week, Netflix walked away from an $83B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Wall Street loved the decision, the stock jumped 14%.
Days later, Netflix quietly acquired technology t
They didn’t buy Warner Bros. Instead, they bought something potentially far more disruptive, a secretive AI company called InterPositive, founded by Ben Affleck. Most people have never heard of it and that was intentional.
Affleck reportedly registered the company through a shell entity called Fin Bone LLC, quietly filing patents while continuing his career as an actor and director.
What the AI does:
It trains directly on a film’s raw footage (the dailies) and can then:
• Relight scenes
• Reframe shots
• Remove stunt wires
• Fix missing camera angles
• Color-grade entire films
• Add visual effects
In short, work that currently takes large VFX and post-production teams weeks could potentially be done in minutes.
The timing is interesting.
Last week, Netflix walked away from an $83B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Wall Street loved the decision, the stock jumped 14%.
Days later, Netflix quietly acquired technology t
馃敂Netflix just made one of the most dangerous moves in Hollywood
They didn’t buy Warner Bros. Instead, they bought something potentially far more disruptive, a secretive AI company called InterPositive, founded by Ben Affleck. Most people have never heard of it and that was intentional.
Affleck reportedly registered the company through a shell entity called Fin Bone LLC, quietly filing patents while continuing his career as an actor and director.
What the AI does:
It trains directly on a film’s raw footage (the dailies) and can then:
• Relight scenes
• Reframe shots
• Remove stunt wires
• Fix missing camera angles
• Color-grade entire films
• Add visual effects
In short, work that currently takes large VFX and post-production teams weeks could potentially be done in minutes.
The timing is interesting.
Last week, Netflix walked away from an $83B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Wall Street loved the decision, the stock jumped 14%.
Days later, Netflix quietly acquired technology t
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