Motion Picture Association Denounces Tom Cruise vs. Brad Pitt AI Fight

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A surprisingly realistic AI video showing Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in a fight has quickly gone viral, causing concern in Hollywood. The film industry, including the Motion Picture Association, is now worried about how AI technology could impact the future of movie-making.

Hollywood is reportedly concerned after Rhett Reese, a writer for the upcoming ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ movie, responded to a popular AI-generated video depicting Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in a fight over Jeffrey Epstein.

Reese: “I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) February 11, 2026

This short video was created with Seedance 2.0, a new AI video tool from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok. Experts say this technology is a significant improvement over previous AI models, especially when it comes to things like realistic fight scenes, how objects move, and overall visual quality.

In short: the tech just crossed a line Hollywood hoped would take years longer to reach.

MPA Issues Blistering Warning

The Motion Picture Association was very direct in its reaction to the popular video clip and the wider release of Seedance 2.0.

The organization issued a warning that the platform’s growing size is now a serious threat to copyright protections for movies, music, and other entertainment.

According to a statement from the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Chinese AI platform Seedance 2.0 has been widely using U.S. copyrighted material without permission. The MPA argues that ByteDance, the company behind Seedance, is ignoring copyright laws and harming the livelihoods of creators and workers in the American film and television industry by launching a service with insufficient protections against copyright infringement. They are calling on ByteDance to immediately stop this unauthorized use of copyrighted works.

The language used was surprisingly harsh, especially considering this group has been fighting with AI companies for the last two years over issues like data usage, rights to people’s images, and the creation of digital copies.

The Technology Leap That Has Studios Shaken

What makes the Cruise-Pitt fight video so alarming is how convincing it looks.

Previous AI video generators often had trouble making movement look natural, particularly in action scenes. Problems with tracking limbs, showing realistic weight, and how characters interacted with their surroundings led to noticeable visual errors.

Seedance 2.0 appears to have largely solved that problem.

I was so thrilled to see Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise team up! They’ve always been rivals, but they really put that aside to battle a shared threat – honestly, it was some kind of robot thing, but it didn’t matter, the teamwork was amazing!

— Ruairi Robinson (@RuairiRobinson) February 11, 2026

Using just a brief text description, we created a thrilling action scene with two famous actors that looks almost exactly like something you’d see in a major movie.

And that’s where the existential fear kicks in.

If a single person can create a believable action sequence now, imagine what they’ll be able to do when they can create a whole movie tomorrow.

I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.

— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) February 11, 2026

Rhett Reese, a writer for Deadpool, publicly shared similar worries, responding to the clip with a pessimistic outlook on what the future holds for the film industry.

“I hate to say it,” he said on X, sharing the video. “It’s likely over for us.”

The YouTube & Star Wars Escalation Hollywood Is Dreading

Movie studios are understandably worried about copyright and protecting the images of actors, but a new challenge is quickly emerging: fans are starting to create their own films using artificial intelligence.

Lately, people on YouTube have been making impressive Star Wars content, like fan-made movies, realistic edits using ‘deepfake’ technology, and animated shorts – and they’re using better and better tools to do it.

Previously, AI-driven battles and character movements weren’t quite convincing enough, often looking good but still feeling unpolished.

Seedance-level advancements could erase that gap.

If fans can easily create high-quality content like lightsaber fights, space battles, or realistic character scenes on their own, the line between fan-made videos and professional movies could disappear very quickly.

For companies like Disney, who carefully protect their popular franchises such as Star Wars, the idea is very worrying.

Once creators outside of major studios can produce visually stunning content comparable to blockbusters, the traditional control studios have over filmmaking will end.

Hollywood’s Control Model Under Siege

This is why the industry reaction has been so swift — and so intense.

That fear is about more than just piracy. It’s about industry disruption and a loss of control.

Movie and game studios stay on top by spending large amounts of money, using unique internal processes, and securing contracts with key creative professionals.

yeah…

— Ruairi Robinson (@RuairiRobinson) February 11, 2026

New AI technology can now convincingly copy actors, recreate action scenes, and even build realistic movie settings, potentially disrupting all aspects of filmmaking.

As a huge movie fan, I’ve been following the AI stuff closely, and while I think studios making deals with AI companies might offer some protection, I don’t believe it’ll completely halt the changes AI is bringing to filmmaking. It’ll probably just slow things down a bit.

Not as long as China continues to rapidly develop this technology at a pace that outstrips the ability of laws and regulations to keep up.

The Reality Studios Must Now Face

What seems like a funny video of Tom Cruise battling Brad Pitt using AI is actually causing concern in Hollywood. Industry insiders are seeing it as a sign of things to come.

These popular video clips show that the ability to create high-quality films, once limited to major studios with huge budgets, is now becoming accessible to everyone.

Okay, so we’re past the point of if AI is going to change things in Hollywood. It absolutely will. The real question now, as I see it, is just how much of the old way of doing things – and the big paydays that came with it – will actually survive the transformation. It’s a bit scary, honestly, to think about how drastically things could shift.

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2026-02-13 17:00