steven spielberg announces new film about his own life, directed by AI, because the biopic genre just got meta-meta.
In a move that has Hollywood and the internet simultaneously applauding and scratching their heads, Steven Spielberg has revealed plans for a self-directed documentary about his life—but with a twist: the film will be shot entirely through the lens of his own childhood Super 8 camera, reconstructed by a neural network that has somehow also learned to cry. The project, tentatively titled “The Fable of the Man Who Made the Fables,” will feature Spielberg interviewing past versions of himself via deepfake, which critics are already calling ‘the most self-indulgent, perfect piece of irony ever produced’—mostly because no one is sure if it’s a brilliant commentary on nostalgia or just a very expensive way to avoid talking to a therapist.
Simultaneously, the internet is buzzing with a leaked memo suggesting the film’s climax involves Spielberg zooming in on his own IMDb page, which crashes because there are too many movies. Truly, no one is safe from the meta-wreck, least of all the man who invented the summer blockbuster.