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Rushdie Rejects AI, Announces TV, Film Projects, Documentary

7/9/2026

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Salman Rushdie told Variety that AI has zero role in storytelling and that he has less than zero interest.
He confirmed talks for TV adaptation of Midnight’s Children and film of The Ground Beneath Her Feet after a prior project with Vishal Bhardwaj collapsed when Netflix rejected the scripts.
He noted the documentary Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie will premiere in United Kingdom in September and in United States.

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Salman Rushdie told Variety that AI has zero role in storytelling and that he has less than zero interest.
He confirmed talks for TV adaptation of Midnight’s Children and film of The Ground Beneath Her Feet after a prior project with Vishal Bhardwaj collapsed when Netflix rejected the scripts.
He noted the documentary Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie will premiere in United Kingdom in September and in United States.