Award-winning action directors Roland Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua aren't afraid of artificial intelligence.
During a Collider panel at Comic-Con last weekend, both industry veterans weighed in on the impact of technology.
“I think it's a tool. That's what it is. It just makes your job as a director easier,” Emmerich said, according to Variety. “That's what's really important, because it's not like this AI is doing everything for you. You still need to cast the right actor, shoot the right scenes, do the right thing. And then AI can really help you do that.”
Emmerich is best known for directing films such as “Independence Day,” “The Patriot” and “The Day After Tomorrow.”
Antoine Fuqua and Roland Emmerich discuss AI during a panel at Comic-Con. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
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He is currently directing the Peacock historical drama “Those About to Die,” starring Anthony Hopkins.
Fuqua had similar feelings about AI, comparing its rise to that of digital cinema.
“… It's not like this AI is doing everything for you. You still have to cast the right actor, shoot the right scenes, and do the right thing.”
“We're creatures of habit. I remember when I first started out in video and commercials, I was shooting on film,” Fuqua said. “We were all crying about digital. It turns out it's fantastic. It's another paintbrush we can use to do our work. AI is the same thing.”
Emmerich and Fuqua agreed that AI is a useful tool that will not replace human labor in filmmaking. (Fake Images)
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However, he felt that his abilities had limitations.
“It doesn't replace human feelings or emotions. There are things that can only happen in the moment with another human being and that no computer can ever achieve,” he said.
Fuqua is best known for films such as “Training Day,” starring Denzel Washington, who won a best actor Oscar for his role in the film, as well as “The Equalizer” and “Emancipation.”
Fuqua's next project is the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” starring Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson. It is scheduled for release on April 18, 2025.
“It doesn't replace human feelings or emotions. There are things that can only happen in the moment with another human being and that no computer can ever achieve.”
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Action movie legend Jerry Bruckheimer, producer behind “Top Gun,” “Bad Boys” and “Pirates of the Caribbean,” to name a few, told Fox News Digital this year that he didn't see AI completely erasing humans from filmmaking.
“Anything that makes our lives easier and doesn't take work away from the people we work with every day is good for everyone. It allows them to have a better cinematic experience. We can make things look more real and things like that,” he said in June.
“Top Gun” producer Jerry Bruckheimer told Fox News Digital: “Anything that makes our lives easier and doesn't take jobs away from the people we work with every day is good for everybody.” (Kate Green/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK)
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He added: “We're certainly not going to replace actors. We're never going to replace key members of the crew that we work with.” [They’re] “It will always be there.”
