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Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

The VergePublished Jul 21, 2026

Neill Blomkamp released a 13-minute sci-fi short film called Nightborne, created using ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 text-to-video AI. The film, produced by Blomkamp's AI startup Barley Studios, serves as a test of generative AI's capabilities but received criticism for its quality and storytelling.

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