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2025: AI developers see film industry as tool to monetize their technology

Main article: Artificial intelligence in video

The largest US technology companies see media companies as strategic assets to grow and monetize their own ecosystems. By 2025, the largest American corporations spend colossal amounts on content production. Even potential savings of 10% from AI would save billions of dollars annually. Among the top beneficiaries of the trend are Disney, Amazon, Comcast and Netflix.

In September 2025, OpenAI (creator of ChatGPT) financially supports the production of the animated film Critterz, completely created by artificial intelligence. The development cost will be less than $30 million for a period of only 9 months, while traditional cartoons cost $100 + million and are created for years.

Tech giants are increasingly investing in the media and gaming industry, realizing that content is one of the key drivers of growth in the 21st century, capable of significantly increasing the added value of business.

2022: Amazon acquires Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio for $8.5 billion

In early 2022, Amazon acquired the legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio for $8.5 billion, and at the end of that year, Reuters reported that Microsoft could consider buying Netflix.

1996

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio with his Russian grandmother Elena Stepanovna Smirnova (Helena Indenbirken) on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival in 1996.

1982

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger next to American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain and professional French wrestler and actor Andre Giant on the set of Conan, 1982.

1972

Marlon Brando before and after makeup on the set of The Godfather. UNITED STATES. 1972

1970

Sylvester Stallone received his first film role in 1970 in a porn film called The Italian Stallion.

1967

On the set of "Don't Make Waves," 1967.

1964

Режиссёр Григорий Александров, актеры Чарли Чаплин и Любовь Орлова в USA. 1964 Bakhrushin Museum

1962

Actress ​​Merilin Monroe congratulates John F. Kennedy, 1962.

The actress appeared on stage in a translucent figure-hugging dress strewn with rhinestones. There was no laundry under it. Marilyn herself called her outfit, made by designer Jean Louis, "leather and beads." Later, Edlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, also present at the evening, wrote to Mary Lasker, "I didn't see the beads!"

Monroe, who was noticeably drunk, ran up to the microphone with small steps, which is why many compared her to a geisha. The hair looked unnatural - there is an assumption that she was wearing a wig. When Marilyn began to sing, the hall momentarily froze. The manner of performing the innocent song "Happy birthday" was very erotic - it was hard to believe that this was happening in a huge hall filled with people. Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen later described it as: "It's like she's making love to the president in front of forty million Americans."

1952

Actress Marilyn Monroe wears a white dress for Life magazine, 1952

1951

Anglo-American actress Elizabeth Taylor at the age of 19. United States, 1951

1950

Actress Marilyn Monroe, 1950

1939

Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney, USA, 1939.

1929

Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin on the set of "Big City Lights," September 24, 1929

1926

Cameraman during the filming of a scene with lions in a cage. USA, 1926.

1924

1923

Charlie Chaplin hangs out with friends, 1923

1921

Cinema, USA, 1921.

See also

• Cinema of Russia
• Cinema of Turkey