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Rapid Response: OpenAI’s Critterz blowback — Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood

aired Aug 17, 2026 · 33.0m
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Summary

Hey, folks, Jeff Berman here, co-host of Masters of Scale.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, kind, know, including: I am thrilled to share some of the new names who will be joining us at this year's Masters of Scale Summit.

Key takeaways
  1. 01But the truth is, the tools are here and they're being implemented into the way we do things
  2. 02I spoke with Nick at the Cannes Lions Festival, not to be confused with the Cannes Film Festival, where Critters was initially slated to have its world premiere, until OpenAI abrup
  3. 03Well, interesting you should mention that, because the answer is, of course, that the core technology we were building the film with went away in the middle of making the film
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