{"id":1958111,"date":"2026-05-27T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958111"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:11:00","slug":"hideo-kojima-and-nicolas-winding-refn-have-teamed-up-for-a-prada-mode-event-teaser-exploring-new-creative-possibilities-through-ai-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958111","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn have teamed up for a Prada mode event teaser exploring &#8220;new creative possibilities through AI technology&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn have teamed up for a Prada mode event teaser exploring &#8220;new creative possibilities through AI technology&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Sci-fi nightmarescape.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Prada_NWRxKojima.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Prada event starring NWR and Hideo Kojima\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Prada_NWRxKojima.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Prada<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-27T14:11:00+00:00\">May 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn have teamed up again after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/death-stranding-2\">Death Stranding 2<\/a>, but they aren&#8217;t working on a new game or movie. Instead, they&#8217;ve released a short made with the help of AI tools for Prada.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;teaser film&#8221; &#8211; which you can (partially) watch <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicolasWR\/status\/2059283401115377904?s=20\">here<\/a> &#8211; was revealed this week at the 79th Cannes Film Festival by Prada. It&#8217;s meant to promote an upcoming mode event in New York next month even if the setting and vibes are purely sci-fi and retro-inspired. The full thing runs for six minutes and shows Refn and Kojima themselves travelling through space and crashing on a hostile planet, but the teaser released online is much shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Though the creative process hasn&#8217;t been fully explained, this &#8220;artistic experiment&#8221; was &#8220;a playful exploration of new creative possibilities through AI technology&#8221; because getting two people in a couple of old-fashioned sets was probably too expensive for Prada. At some point in the video, Kojima subtly morphs into a guy that&#8217;s clearly not him.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Refn sounds quite proud about the duo&#8217;s Satellites II short, calling it &#8220;a space odyssey following us as we traverse a sci-fi dreamscape&#8221;. At the time of writing, it&#8217;s unclear what Kojima has to say about the endeavour, but Refn has also added they &#8220;have shared the feeling that we were somehow split from the same consciousness moving through different lives while orbiting the same obsessions&#8221;, which forced me to do a double take.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the online reactions are mostly negative: &#8220;All right then, Mr. Kojima, have fun in the festering slop pit with the rest of the AI weirdos,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/hideo-kojima-collabs-with-nicholas-winding-refn-on-making-genai-short-film-for-prada-promotional-event.1530937\/#post-155460763\">a ResetEra user commented<\/a>. &#8220;First Kojima shot is 50 percent Kojima, 50 percent Pedro Pascal,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/hideo-kojima-collabs-with-nicholas-winding-refn-on-making-genai-short-film-for-prada-promotional-event.1530937\/#post-155461108\">another post pointed out<\/a>. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustinVinall\/status\/2059298551558209553?s=20\">the folks over at X <\/a>are feeling bad about this: &#8220;Heartbreaking to see such great artists resort to generative AI slop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn have teamed up again after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/death-stranding-2\">Death Stranding 2<\/a>, but they aren&#8217;t working on a new game or movie. Instead, they&#8217;ve released a short made with the help of AI tools for Prada.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;teaser film&#8221; &#8211; which you can (partially) watch <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicolasWR\/status\/2059283401115377904?s=20\">here<\/a> &#8211; was revealed this week at the 79th Cannes Film Festival by Prada. It&#8217;s meant to promote an upcoming mode event in New York next month even if the setting and vibes are purely sci-fi and retro-inspired. The full thing runs for six minutes and shows Refn and Kojima themselves travelling through space and crashing on a hostile planet, but the teaser released online is much shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Though the creative process hasn&#8217;t been fully explained, this &#8220;artistic experiment&#8221; was &#8220;a playful exploration of new creative possibilities through AI technology&#8221; because getting two people in a couple of old-fashioned sets was probably too expensive for Prada. At some point in the video, Kojima subtly morphs into a guy that&#8217;s clearly not him.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Refn sounds quite proud about the duo&#8217;s Satellites II short, calling it &#8220;a space odyssey following us as we traverse a sci-fi dreamscape&#8221;. At the time of writing, it&#8217;s unclear what Kojima has to say about the endeavour, but Refn has also added they &#8220;have shared the feeling that we were somehow split from the same consciousness moving through different lives while orbiting the same obsessions&#8221;, which forced me to do a double take.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the online reactions are mostly negative: &#8220;All right then, Mr. Kojima, have fun in the festering slop pit with the rest of the AI weirdos,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/hideo-kojima-collabs-with-nicholas-winding-refn-on-making-genai-short-film-for-prada-promotional-event.1530937\/#post-155460763\">a ResetEra user commented<\/a>. &#8220;First Kojima shot is 50 percent Kojima, 50 percent Pedro Pascal,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/hideo-kojima-collabs-with-nicholas-winding-refn-on-making-genai-short-film-for-prada-promotional-event.1530937\/#post-155461108\">another post pointed out<\/a>. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustinVinall\/status\/2059298551558209553?s=20\">the folks over at X <\/a>are feeling bad about this: &#8220;Heartbreaking to see such great artists resort to generative AI slop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn have teamed up for a Prada mode event teaser exploring &#8220;new creative possibilities through AI technology&#8221; Sci-fi nightmarescape. 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