TBPN · Sep 28, 2026
With Zack London, Founder of Gossip Goblin
Zack London has been making AI videos for about four years, and his first feature-length film premieres on December 4.
The common picture of AI filmmaking is a single prompt that produces a movie. London said his film was written by people, voiced by a dozen actors and finished by a post-production crew.
"So contrary to popular belief, you're not yet able to just type in make me a movie into a box."
Zack London, who posts as Gossip Goblin and built a following large enough to quit his day job and start a studio, spoke to TBPN from Sweden about the film and the dark science-fiction universe behind it.
The full interview is covered here so you can skip it.
Here are the 4 moments that matter.
Key Takeaways
AI video became good enough to watch for its own sake about 18 months ago, London said
His AI feature film still has a human script, 12 voice actors and a post-production crew
Production is fast and cheap compared with how a science-fiction film of the same scope used to be made
He puts the odds that humanity survives at 90%
1. Four Years of AI Video
London introduced himself by his online name.
"I'm Zach, better known online as Gossip Goblin." — Zack London
"And I have a feature length film coming out in a little over two months." — Zack London
John Coogan asked how the film was made. London said it has been about four years in the making, counting from his first AI videos.
"I mean, I've been making AI videos since that was really a possibility, like four years ago." — Zack London
Early results looked bad, he said, but he saw potential for real storytelling beyond internet memes.
"And I'd say about a year and a half ago is when the tools really hit this inflection point where it became clear that you can actually make stuff that people want to watch beyond just like the shock value of, you know, this new taboo technology." — Zack London
He has built a science-fiction universe in public on social media for several years.
"And it's garnered enough, you know, interest that I was able to quit my day job, start a little studio, hire a team." — Zack London
The team has worked on the film for eight or nine months. It premieres December 4.
