Danny Boyle: 'Ink' Contains About 30 Seconds of AI

Asked at Telluride about AI in his new film, Danny Boyle didn't dodge: Ink, his drama about Larry Lamb taking Rupert Murdoch's offer to edit The Sun, which opened Venice on September 2, contains about "30 seconds" of it. "We animate a couple of old photographs... and there's some mice. It's very good for animals."

The entry earns its place for what the number says. An Oscar-winning director volunteering an exact AI second-count at a festival Q&A means the disclosure has become expected, and the honest answer for a major 2026 prestige picture is measured in seconds. The majors aren't replacing filmmaking with AI; they're metabolizing it, half a minute at a time.