Tyler Perry, the actor, filmmaker, and studio owner, has put an $800 million expansion of his Atlanta studio on hold due to advancements in AI. Perry expressed astonishment at OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora, which creates cinematic video outputs from text. “I was in the middle of, and have been planning for the last four years, about an $800 million expansion at the studio, which would’ve increased the backlot a tremendous size, we were adding 12 more soundstages. All of that is currently and indefinitely on hold because of Sora,” Perry told The Hollywood Reporter. Perry stated that he sees the potential to eliminate the need for travel and set construction with the assistance of AI. He also raised concerns about AI’s impact on jobs in the entertainment industry. The ‘Madea’ filmmaker called for industry-wide collaboration and “a whole government approach to help everyone be able to sustain.”
