Guillermo del toro on using generative ai for filmmaking i am not interested nor will i ever be interested – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Guillermo del Toro on using generative AI for filmmaking: “I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested.”

In an interview with NPR about his Frankenstein film arriving on Netflix next month, del Toro drew a hard line, saying he’d “rather die” than use AI, and compared today’s “tech bros” to Victor Frankenstein (the inventor, not the monster):

“I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros. He’s kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we’re going.”

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