“Wildwood” director Travis Knight calls AI an “amazing piece of technology” but says, “I’m not embracing it at all.” “I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer is technology. Technology is useful when you put it in the hands of people, when you put it in the hands of artists who can amplify their voice." “Technology is not useful when it takes the place of the artist, and that’s the concern with generative AI,” he continued. “It’s an amazing piece of technology, but the concern is that when it supplants the artist, then we have an issue because the computer cannot speak about humanity at all. It doesn’t know what it feels like.” variety.com/2026/film/column…

EXCLUSIVE: Charli xcx will make a cameo in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie “What Happens at Night,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. Described as a Gothic psychological horror film, the story follows an American married couple who travel to a small European town to adopt a baby — but as they struggle to claim their child, the less they seem to know about themselves. variety.com/2026/film/global…