Tyler Perry is putting his studio expansion on hold after seeing the full capabilities of AI technology. According to IndieWire , Perry is putting his $800 million expansion of Tyler Perry Studios “indefinitely on hold” after he witnessed OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora. According to the article, Perry spent four years planning the expansion, “which would have added 12 soundstages to the bakclot.” Perry described the technology as “mind-blowing.” “All of that is currently and indefinitely on hold because of Sora and what I’m seeing,” he said. “I had gotten word over the last year or so that this was coming, but I had no idea until I saw recently the demonstrations of what it’s able to do. It’s shocking to me. Being told that it can do all of these things is one thing, but actually seeing the capabilities, it was mind-blowing.” Sora, said Perry, could make it so that studios don’t have to do multiple-location shoots for films or even build practical sets. But even though he has...
