Edition No. 121 · Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Story 24 of 35

AI cut the cost of 'Merry, the Christmas Witch' from $80 million to $1.5 million

Variety

AI cut a Christmas movie's estimated production cost by about 90%, an example of the production shock The Rebooting describes.

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