Futuristic Prediction

By 2035, AI will likely change the film industry in these ways:

• Deepfakes will enable seamless de‑aging, dubbing, and stunt work, cutting VFX costs and allowing global releases with actors’ real voices in any language.
• AI actors—fully synthetic or digital doubles—will take on background roles, minor characters, and some lead roles in animation and sci‑fi, with contracts governing likeness rights.
• Script generation tools will handle brainstorming, outlines, and rapid revisions, while human writers focus on core themes, dialogue, and emotional depth.
• Production cycles will shorten as AI previsualization, editing, and sound design automate technical steps.
• Legal and ethical debates over ownership, consent, and royalties will shape new industry standards.

Humans will still drive high‑level creative direction, but much of the technical labor will be AI‑assisted or automated.