The studio model is being upended by seismic business pressures and the disruptive potency of AI. For two seasoned scriptwriters and producers partnered as Talk Boys Studio, the answer was to create a short film that could be the bellwether for a new wave of narrative generative AI content.
Ian McLees and Daniel Bonventre have written or produced a range of scripted comedy and unscripted shows for network TV in the US over the last decade. As a partnership since 2016, they had several scripts and pilots either sold pending development or pitched into studios with good prospects… or so they thought...
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