MEGA (Make Earth Great Again)

Smallville vibes meets Age of Empires meets crypto ownership $DND Generative agents that build cities, throw parties, form relationships, declare wars — and you own the land & tokens"

Agentic powered RTS, as an alternative to the cosy sim version of $DND, with fog of war visibility system. Agents capture land = claims enemy's wallets - Personality-driven AI commander - AI-controlled unit patrols and defends when humans are offline

I'm stating the below as someone who has worked extensively at the cutting edge of AI augmented filmmaking for the past three years (part of it inside of a program at one of the big studios here LA), so I have pretty good insight into the whole process: I would argue that the most important parts of filmmaking, story and authentic design of the characters and world, will take longer than 2-3 weeks to develop for a good movie, and this is the part that filmmakers still want (and should) control. The more they put themselves into it, and the more they see AI as a powerful rendering and VFX engine (as opposed to an idea engine), the more they will differentiate their work from automated "slop". I also believe there will always be a shortage in compelling ideas, regardless of how much AI tools will reshape the process. Original ideas and the limits of human imagination will still be the bottleneck (which is the main reason why most of what we see people creating with these tools and call film is in fact just "slop"). Regarding the speed of generation and the technical aspects, funding and new channels of distribution, I believe Schrader's prediction is pretty accurate. What all these very opinionated critics of AI augmented filmmaking don't get, is that no filmmaker ever enjoyed the tedious (and rarely successful) process of begging for 130M USD budgets at the studios to get their films made, and then waiting for another 3 years (after finishing principal photography!) to have an army of VFX artists finish it. Most directors will happily skip those steps, which created nothing but friction in their pursuit of bringing their vision to life. And with the tools evolving so rapidly, these movies will look even less CG and closer to the director's original vision than any VFX-laden Hollywood blockbuster. Imagine if Kubrick had been able to create many more of his iconic films during his lifetime. This is where we're heading towards.

This is the defining question Saga is tackling this year, and as we work with partners and communities on AI releases for 2026, the answer is already clear. 🧵↓