Shawn Levy Says AI Will Become an ‘Essential Tool’ for Moviemaking but He Hasn’t ‘Incorporated’ It in ‘Any Meaningful Way’ Yet

By Marc Malkin

Marc Malkin

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Director Shawn Levy has wrapped and is in post-production on “Star Wars: Starfighter.”

The much-anticipated film, starring Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, Matt Smith, Mia Goth and Aaron Pierre, doesn’t it theaters until May 28, 2027.

“I’m in the beautiful sanctity of the edit room,” Levy told me at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on Saturday. “We don’t come out until next year, and so it’s a rare movie where I don’t have a release date looming. So I’m in the dark quiet of the edit room finding the best possible shape for the film.”

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