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Blomkamp Unveils AI-Generated Horror Short, Launches Barley Studios

7/21/2026

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Neill Blomkamp released the 13-minute AI-generated sci-fi horror short “Nightborne” on YouTube, created with the generative-AI video tool Seedance 2.0 using only his prompts.
Concept artists contributed while 32 real people’s faces and voices appear in the video.
Blomkamp said the short tests a workflow for a feature film and announced Barley Studios, an AI-focused production company to use the method.

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Story summary

Neill Blomkamp released the 13-minute AI-generated sci-fi horror short “Nightborne” on YouTube, created with the generative-AI video tool Seedance 2.0 using only his prompts.
Concept artists contributed while 32 real people’s faces and voices appear in the video.
Blomkamp said the short tests a workflow for a feature film and announced Barley Studios, an AI-focused production company to use the method.