{"id":2064017,"date":"2026-07-27T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064017"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:53:40","slug":"sean-astin-asks-martin-scorsese-and-george-lucas-to-speak-carefully-about-ai-in-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064017","title":{"rendered":"Sean Astin asks Martin Scorsese and George Lucas to \u201cspeak carefully\u201d about AI in future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sean_astin_2025.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Film News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sean Astin asks Martin Scorsese and George Lucas to \u201cspeak carefully\u201d about AI in future<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The actor and SAG-AFTRA president said audiences need the filmmakers\u2019 \u201cleadership in navigating this space\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-27T15:53:40+01:00\">27th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sean_astin_2025-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"77th Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Sean Astin at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner\/Variety via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Sean Astin has urged\u00a0Martin Scorsese\u00a0and\u00a0George Lucas to \u201cspeak thoughtfully and carefully\u201d about the future of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1232\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>The wisdom of Martin Scorsese: \u201cI had to go through everything in order to learn\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The actor, best known for playing Samwise Gamgee in\u00a0<i>The Lord Of The Rings<\/i>\u00a0trilogy, as well as roles in\u00a0<i>The Goonies<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Stranger Things<\/i>, has served as president of the actors\u2019 union SAG-AFTRA since September 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview with\u00a0<i>The Guardian<\/i>, Astin was asked about prominent filmmakers who have openly embraced\u00a0AI\u00a0and encouraged the industry to explore its possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would ask these legends in the industry to speak thoughtfully and carefully about this technology,\u201d he responded.\u00a0\u201cI get the sense sometimes that some of the commentary is not well thought-out. And\u00a0I think that audiences\u00a0really need their leadership in navigating this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0Scorsese was announced as an advisor to Black Forest Labs, the company behind the generative AI image\u00a0creator\u00a0FLUX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, cinema is a young medium, only around 125 years old, so we have to be open to how it can evolve,\u201d the director said in promotional material for the company.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Scorsese x Black Forest Labs\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4jl4htAcuM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>His involvement prompted criticism from the Art Directors Guild, which accused him of having\u00a0\u201cturned his back\u201d on the human artists\u00a0who have contributed to his films.\u00a0The union argued that using generative AI for storyboarding could circumvent the work of illustrators, production designers, graphic\u00a0artists\u00a0and other film professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo think their professional contributions can be mimicked or outshone by generative AI, which is built on work likely stolen from them and many other artists from around the world, is a betrayal of the collaborative nature of cinema,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas, meanwhile,\u00a0recently argued that the widespread adoption of AI in filmmaking was inevitable, comparing those resisting the technology to people rejecting the arrival of cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtificial intelligence means it\u2019s much easier for us to make movies,\u201d the\u00a0<i>Star Wars<\/i>\u00a0creator said.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0nothing you can do about it.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0progress,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA has spent the last three years campaigning for the passage of the No Fakes Act, which would establish an intellectual property right allowing individuals greater control over the use of their voice and likeness. Astin has described the proposal as \u201cthe silver-bullet fix\u201d to the threat of AI.<\/p>\n<p>AI was one of the central issues behind\u00a0the\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0strikes\u00a0in 2023,\u00a0when SAG-AFTRA were\u00a0seeking protections against studios creating and repeatedly using digital replicas of performers without consent or compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over AI in Hollywood has continued to intensify in recent months. Controversial virtual \u201cactor\u201d Tilly Norwood is set to make\u00a0its\u00a0feature debut as\u00a0the lead of the entirely AI-generated coming-of-age film\u00a0<i>Misaligned<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere,\u00a0Guillermo del Toro\u00a0recently insisted that there was\u00a0\u201cabsolutely no goddamn AI\u201d\u00a0involved\u00a0in the new restoration of\u00a0<i>Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/i>, while\u00a0<i>District 9<\/i> director Neill Blomkamp faced criticism over his use of the technology in a new\u00a0zombie\u00a0short\u00a0film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>AI<\/li>\n<li>Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>Martin Scorsese<\/li>\n<li>The Lord Of The Rings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Sean Astin has urged\u00a0Martin Scorsese\u00a0and\u00a0George Lucas to \u201cspeak thoughtfully and carefully\u201d about the future of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1232\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>The wisdom of Martin Scorsese: \u201cI had to go through everything in order to learn\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The actor, best known for playing Samwise Gamgee in\u00a0<i>The Lord Of The Rings<\/i>\u00a0trilogy, as well as roles in\u00a0<i>The Goonies<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Stranger Things<\/i>, has served as president of the actors\u2019 union SAG-AFTRA since September 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview with\u00a0<i>The Guardian<\/i>, Astin was asked about prominent filmmakers who have openly embraced\u00a0AI\u00a0and encouraged the industry to explore its possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would ask these legends in the industry to speak thoughtfully and carefully about this technology,\u201d he responded.\u00a0\u201cI get the sense sometimes that some of the commentary is not well thought-out. And\u00a0I think that audiences\u00a0really need their leadership in navigating this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0Scorsese was announced as an advisor to Black Forest Labs, the company behind the generative AI image\u00a0creator\u00a0FLUX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, cinema is a young medium, only around 125 years old, so we have to be open to how it can evolve,\u201d the director said in promotional material for the company.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Scorsese x Black Forest Labs\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4jl4htAcuM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>His involvement prompted criticism from the Art Directors Guild, which accused him of having\u00a0\u201cturned his back\u201d on the human artists\u00a0who have contributed to his films.\u00a0The union argued that using generative AI for storyboarding could circumvent the work of illustrators, production designers, graphic\u00a0artists\u00a0and other film professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo think their professional contributions can be mimicked or outshone by generative AI, which is built on work likely stolen from them and many other artists from around the world, is a betrayal of the collaborative nature of cinema,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas, meanwhile,\u00a0recently argued that the widespread adoption of AI in filmmaking was inevitable, comparing those resisting the technology to people rejecting the arrival of cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtificial intelligence means it\u2019s much easier for us to make movies,\u201d the\u00a0<i>Star Wars<\/i>\u00a0creator said.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0nothing you can do about it.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0progress,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA has spent the last three years campaigning for the passage of the No Fakes Act, which would establish an intellectual property right allowing individuals greater control over the use of their voice and likeness. Astin has described the proposal as \u201cthe silver-bullet fix\u201d to the threat of AI.<\/p>\n<p>AI was one of the central issues behind\u00a0the\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0strikes\u00a0in 2023,\u00a0when SAG-AFTRA were\u00a0seeking protections against studios creating and repeatedly using digital replicas of performers without consent or compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over AI in Hollywood has continued to intensify in recent months. Controversial virtual \u201cactor\u201d Tilly Norwood is set to make\u00a0its\u00a0feature debut as\u00a0the lead of the entirely AI-generated coming-of-age film\u00a0<i>Misaligned<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere,\u00a0Guillermo del Toro\u00a0recently insisted that there was\u00a0\u201cabsolutely no goddamn AI\u201d\u00a0involved\u00a0in the new restoration of\u00a0<i>Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/i>, while\u00a0<i>District 9<\/i> director Neill Blomkamp faced criticism over his use of the technology in a new\u00a0zombie\u00a0short\u00a0film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/sean-astin-asks-martin-scorsese-and-george-lucas-to-speak-carefully-about-ai-in-future-3959306&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sean_astin_2025.jpg&#8221;] NewsFilm News Sean Astin asks Martin Scorsese and George Lucas to \u201cspeak carefully\u201d about AI in future The actor and SAG-AFTRA president said audiences need the filmmakers\u2019 \u201cleadership in navigating this space\u201d By Max Pilley 27th July 2026 Sean Astin at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2064017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}