""I can't believe we've reached a point where I have to clarify this, but here it goes: this is not AI," the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse art director wrote on Instagram on November 17. "HELLO. Everything you see in this film: paintings, animations, 2D and 3D work, compositing, and renders done with huge team - 155 incredible people and hell of hours, days, months...Yes, our Achilles' heel: time.""
"The cinematic short combines CGI, live-action footage, and Marathon's broader design language to evoke a super tight sci-fi short story about mercenary runners pillaging an alien planet who slowly lose themselves, their memories, and their humanity as they are cloned over and over again to serve their mega corp sponsors. It prompted some fans to dream of a version of Marathon that married that world building to a completely single-player, story-driven campaign."
The Marathon cinematic short combined CGI, live-action footage, and the game's broader design language to present a tight sci-fi story about mercenary runners pillaging an alien planet. The runners are depicted losing themselves, their memories, and their humanity as they are cloned repeatedly to serve mega-corporate sponsors. The short's visuals prompted fan interest in a single-player, story-driven Marathon campaign. Director Alberto Mielgo clarified on Instagram that the short was not made with AI and credited a 155-person team for paintings, animations, 2D and 3D work, compositing, and renders. Mielgo expressed uncertainty about AI's future but asserted that AI cannot remove the urge and joy of making art.
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