If you’re trying to understand the current state of Hollywood, look no further than Ben Affleck’s recent breakdown on the _All The Smoke_ podcast for the answers to your questions.

I've said it before, but Affleck is like the best podcast guest ever. He breaks down complex things into bite-sized chunks, and if you want to understand modern Hollywood, his take here clears the air for…

The AI discourse in Hollywood is divided into two camps: the "it’s the end of the world" crowd and the "let’s replace everyone with prompts" schmucks.

But Ben Affleck just carved out a third path. One that probably lies within reason to be the way forward as we attempt to reconcile tech and humanity in our art form.

Netflix recently announced the acquisition of InterPositive, an AI…

As we covered when it was _announced last week_, Netflix didn’t wait long after its _failed bid for Warner Bros._ to make another move. The streaming giant acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup backed by Ben Affleck.

The terms of the deal have now been shared, and it looks like Netflix is paying up to $600 million for the AI company co-founded by Affleck. We’ve also learned new…

Well, that’s certainly news we weren’t expecting to be reporting on today.

Ben Affleck, best known as Batman and the bad guy in Mallrats, as well as for _recently going viral for helping to tear apart the myth of AI replacing creatives_, has apparently been developing a start-up company that has been focused on developing AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

And, as of today, Affleck’s company,…