CGI and Digital Compositing

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison told analysts on the company's earnings call that AI could surpass CGI as a force in filmmaking, calling it potentially "the biggest creative unlock in modern history." Citing Terminator's jump from $4 million to $60-70 million for a shot-for-shot remake, he argued AI can lower budget barriers and free up original storytelling, while insisting the technology is a tool for artists, not a replacement.