Grimes to Appear in AI Anthology Film Slated for December Theatrical Release

Grimes will lend her likeness and vocal performance to Gods Don't Give Gifts, an AI-generated science-fiction anthology that is scheduled to reach theatres on 4 December. According to The Verge, the film is a notable test case for the commercial potential of AI-made cinema, a question set against wider expectations for AI in Hollywood. The same account notes that despite extensive hype around the technology's film-making potential, no project has yet shown it to be a vital storytelling tool, and that earlier efforts — including two different takes on The Odyssey, one of them made with Elon Musk's Grok — have left plenty to be desired.

Fable, the AI studio producing the film, said in a press release that casting the likeness of an actor alongside their spoken vocal performance will become more common in animated films using AI. The studio's stated expectation is that audiences will see actors, athletes and musicians giving vocal performances with their likeness in films. The Verge assesses that Grimes's involvement potentially gives the project some legitimacy.

The Verge reports that the film is directed by Jack London, better known under the online handle Gossip Goblin. It is an anthology set in a future where, in the film's framing, bodies are disposable and consciousness has been commoditised, and it depicts what happens when four interconnected stories collide with what are described as the horrifying consequences of humanity's attempt to transcend the flesh. The Verge notes that those themes align with Grimes's previous exploration of transhumanism and artificial intelligence, and that she is working on a separate AI-themed album, Psy Opera.

Whether the release substantiates the claims made for AI as a narrative tool is not established in the available material; the billing as the first AI film to come to theatres is the project's own framing as reported, and no box-office or critical outcome is yet recorded. The next key date is the film's scheduled theatrical release on 4 December.