AI Brings Korea’s Struggling Film Industry Hopes and Anxiety

When the pandemic shuttered studios and froze productions in 2020, many filmmakers saw their dreams collapse. But South Korean visual-effects veteran Jang Seong-ho found an unexpected breakthrough. His small studio, Mofac Studios, had been struggling to complete King of Kings, an animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Life of Our Lord. Then, in a twist worthy of cinema, Hollywood stars including Kenneth Branagh, Oscar Isaac, and Uma Thurman lent their voices to the film.