Home Entertainment Features The Paddington in Peru writers are behind it, but it's the AI pipeline that has everyone talking. AGC Studios The debate over AI in Hollywood just found its biggest stage yet. AGC Studios is bringing Critterz to the upcoming Cannes Film Market, positioning it as the first mainstream commercial animated family film to be made with AI assistance woven into its production pipeline (via Deadline ). The film is a feature-length expansion of a 2023 viral short of the same name . That original short was itself one of the earliest films to use OpenAI’s creative tools. What is Critterz actually about? The story follows a nervous but courageous woodland creature who bands together with a ragtag group of outsiders. Their shared mission is to find her missing brother. Director Nik Kleverov, co-founder of AI production studio Native Foreign, has described the film as a love letter to ’80s adventure films. Critterz isn’t a fringe experiment or a low-budget short either.…