Forbes October 17, 2024
Charlie Fink

October 2024 marks a milestone in the history of film with the release of Where the Robots Grow, the first feature-length animated film made entirely with AI tools. This 87-minute film, produced by Tom Paton’s AiMation Studios, cost just $8,000 per minute—an unprecedented figure for a professionally animated feature. To put that in perspective, low-budget television animation sourced from overseas studios costs between $10,000 – $20,000 a minute, and it isn’t anywhere near the quality of Where the Robots Grow. What Paton, who wrote, produced and directed Where the Robots Grow, has pulled off with a very small team is remarkable. Cinematic AI is closer than ever, with animation its first successful feature length expression.

Paton, who comes from a...

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