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\nEli Roth first promised that his upcoming horror release, \u201cIce Cream Man,\u201d\u00a0would feature an animated sequence he had initially drawn himself. Now, days ahead of the film\u2019s Aug. 7 premiere, Roth admitted AI had a hand in the effort.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe horror director said in a statement on Tuesday (via Polygon) that he used AI in \u201ca very small portion of a few scenes in the film\u201d\u00a0after social media posts claimed the technology was used abundantly throughout the film and pointed to the involvement of the AI visual effects studio Dark Half. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe statement came after Roth detailed a sequence in the film to Polygon that features a cartoon that seemingly hypnotizes children, turning them into murderers. Roth said he initially drew the animated portions himself, inspired by a 1920s-era Mickey Mouse cartoon of the character parading through a haunted house, before he had animators \u201chelp kind of make it a little more fluid\u201d\u00a0and an artist gave it \u201can old-timey jittery feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI misspoke,\u201d Roth said in a new statement Tuesday. \u201cAI was used in a very small portion of a few scenes in the film. It was an opportunity where technology and creativity came together to help bring my vision for the film to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tRepresentatives for Roth and Dark Half did not respond to Variety<\/em>\u2018s initial request for comment. The revelation is the latest example of how engaging the technology \u2014\u00a0and obfuscating such use \u2014 can roil audiences eager to support new films. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLate Night with the Devil\u201d\u00a0directors Cameron and Colin Cairne had to explain their use of AI after the version of the 2023 horror film that debuted in theaters featured multiple AI-generated images, while \u201cStop That Train\u201d\u00a0director Adam Shankman claimed that the RuPaul-led film featured \u201cZERO shots conceived by AI in the movie\u201d\u00a0and that every shot in the film was made by \u201chuman hands\u201d\u00a0after social media users took issue with the employment of Ryan Kavanaugh\u2019s Acme AI and FX firm.<\/p>\n

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The horror director said in a statement on Tuesday (via Polygon) that he used generative AI in \u201ca very small portion of a few scenes in the film.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1530,4278],"class_list":["post-5521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-eli-roth","tag-ice-cream-man"],"yoast_head":"\nEli Roth Admits \u2018Ice Cream Man\u2019 Features AI-Assisted Shots After Suggesting Otherwise: \u2018I Misspoke\u2019 - Relocation Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5521\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eli Roth Admits \u2018Ice Cream Man\u2019 Features AI-Assisted Shots After Suggesting Otherwise: \u2018I Misspoke\u2019 - 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