Pop star Grimes will appear in the AI-generated sci-fi film Gods Don’t Give Gifts, adding celebrity presence to a project billed as the first AI film to reach theaters. The movie is scheduled to release on December 4 and is positioned as a test of whether AI films can succeed commercially in the US market.
Grimes is contributing both her likeness and her vocal performance to the film, a combination shown in a clip from the project. AI studio Fable, which is producing Gods Don’t Give Gifts, said in a press release that casting the likeness of a performer alongside their spoken vocal performance will become more common in animated films made with AI. The studio said audiences will see actors, athletes and musicians giving vocal performances with their likeness in films.
Gods Don’t Give Gifts is directed by Jack London, who is better known online as Gossip Goblin. The anthology is set in a future where bodies are disposable and consciousness has been commoditized. It follows four interconnected stories that collide with the horrifying consequences of humanity’s attempt to transcend the flesh.
The film’s themes of transhumanism and artificial intelligence align with subjects Grimes has explored before. She is also working on a separate AI-themed album titled Psy Opera.
The release comes amid broad interest in AI’s potential in Hollywood, but no project has yet demonstrated that the technology is a vital storytelling tool. Earlier efforts, including two different takes on The Odyssey, one of them made with Elon Musk’s Grok, have drawn poor reception.
For US theatergoers, Gods Don’t Give Gifts will serve as an early commercial case study for AI-generated filmmaking when it arrives in December. Fable’s remarks suggest the company expects likeness-and-voice casting to spread across animated films as the technology is adopted more widely.
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