Higgsfield AI releases first fully AI-generated feature-length film with licensed celebrity likenesses

AI startup Higgsfield AI has released 'The Cully Hill Boys,' a 110-minute action-comedy representing the first fully AI-generated feature film with licensed celebrity likenesses. Produced in four weeks on a $2 million budget—half of which went to AI tokens—the film follows East London rappers caught between crime cartels. While showing technical progress like correct finger counts, it suffers from an over-polished sheen and prompt fatigue, though a human screenwriter wrote the dialogue.

AI-generated feature film production

• ▪Higgsfield AI created the 110-minute film "The Cully Hill Boys" within a production timeline of four weeks.
• ▪Higgsfield AI produced a 110-minute action-comedy AI-generated movie titled "The Cully Hill Boys" starring licensed celebrity likenesses.
• ▪The plot of "The Cully Hill Boys" follows a group of struggling East London rappers who steal a cash-filled boat for a music video and get caught between rival crime cartels.

Production budget allocation

• ▪Higgsfield AI produced the film "The Cully Hill Boys" with a total production budget of $2 million.
• ▪Higgsfield AI allocated half of the $2 million budget for "The Cully Hill Boys" to AI tokens.

Film quality assessment

• ▪The dialogue in "The Cully Hill Boys" does not audibly reveal em-dashes, which is attributed to the work of a human screenwriter.
• ▪Higgsfield AI hired a human screenwriter to write the dialogue for "The Cully Hill Boys," providing an authorial voice underneath the AI-generated images.

Technical limitations

• ▪Characters in "The Cully Hill Boys" have the correct number of fingers, representing progress from the uncanny 2023 AI-generated clip of Will Smith eating spaghetti.
• ▪The film "The Cully Hill Boys" exhibits an unrealistic, over-polished sheen at times, and contains scenes with obvious AI-generated images and poor prompting that results in bad acting.

Democratization of video production

• ▪Higgsfield AI plans to provide scalable AI workflows for creators.
• ▪Higgsfield AI plans to democratize long-form video production for creators.

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