Danny Boyle Admits to Using Generative AI for 30 Seconds in Ink; Fans Respond with Disappointment

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Danny Boyle's Use Of AI In New Film Ink 'Disappoints' Fans | HuffPost UK Entertainment Skip to Main Content × Main Menu U.K. "It's very good for animals." 'Ink' director Danny Boyle shares his thoughts about the use of AI in film. "I got in trouble with [the animal rights organisation] PETA – we had some chimps at the beginning of 28 Days Later, and they wrote to me and said, 'you must never do that again'.

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• This is incredibly disappointing, especially for one of my favourite working directors..
• Michael Ashton (@mikael_trashton) September 5, 2026 "You pay actors if you're going to replace them..." Did he chip in anything for any animators who lost work?.
• prawnimation (@Prawnimation) September 7, 2026 So a vfx company lost a week of work animating some mice and small photographs.
• admitting to making the choice not to pay someone to animate is somehow even more annoying when it's an extremely wealthy guy saying it https://t.co/RHMC21njDe.
• During a recent interview with Variety, the 28 Years Later director was asked for how he feels about the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the film industry, to which he responded: "It doesn't...

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Within that village, there are truth tellers who aren't popular sometimes because what they say is unpopular. Advertisement As a result, as you might imagine, Danny's comments have generated a lot of debate on social media. Glenn Charlie Dunks (@glenndunks) September 6, 2026 Advertisement I love Danny Boyle, and I think he's made some really good movies over the years, but him doing this has really disappointed me..

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• zoë rose bryant (@zoerosebryant) September 5, 2026 Well, never mind then.
• laurinha 🦠 (@ecto_fun) September 6, 2026 it shouldn't only matter if actors lose their jobs.
• think of the graphic designers, the set designers, vfx, makeup, all the people directors often take for granted, why do their jobs not matter to you?
• greg house apologist🇵🇸 (@transgreghouse) September 6, 2026 Advertisement Danny Boyle drinking the AI Kool-Aid is so disappointing..

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What's Hot Danny Boyle at the Venice Film Festival last week via Associated Press Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle has sparked a lot of conversation on social media after admitting that his new film Ink makes use of generative AI. It matters what 20-year-olds think about it, [that's] the honest truth. VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 5, 2026 Advertisement "Oh!

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