After revealing their surprise acquisition of Ben Affleck-founded AI firm InterPositive last month, Netflix executives and the actor-director emphasized how much it would benefit the creative community.
A patent application filed in 2024 and recently reviewed by Deadline shows that along with those benefits, the company also promised significant cost savings for film and TV producers. The reductions made possible by InterPositive‘s technology would be “substantial” on below-the-line production, “conservatively” reaching at least 10% to 20%, the application said.
The main document (read it HERE), filed under Affleck’s legal name, Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt, itemizes the areas where spending could drop thanks to the company’s technology. Visual effects costs, for example, would be cut by 50%, with savings reaching 70% for background actors and stand-ins.
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An example included with the patent application includes a budget for an unidentified production that started
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