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Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

The Verge Jul 21, 2026 · 10:10 PM 👁 0 views ❤ 0 likes

On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But […]

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