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James Woods Chilling WARNING About Hollywood Goes Viral

LA Celebrities React to Arson Suspect Arrest: ‘Sick Mother’

Kardashian whose well-known family has provided first responders with $2,500 worth of meals, posted a New Nation video on the person suspected of sparking the fire on her Instagram Stories.

“You sick mother f*****! ‘What the f*** is wrong with people?!?! Arson!!!! May you be fully prosecuted!!! What scum!!!” she wrote.

Woods took to X to share a blurry photo of the alleged arsonist’s face, writing: “Oh look, ‘climate change’ has a face!”

California has always been vulnerable to raging wildfires, but scientists have said that global warming has made them more frequent and more severe than they used to be. By the end of 2024, 8,024 wildfires had burned 1,050,012 acres of land across the state and killed one person, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Woods has long been a climate change denier, regularly sharing his thoughts on X. In a previous post, Woods retweeted a post from another user, which has since been deleted.

Hollywood built its empire on the backs of legendary performers who spent decades mastering their craft.

But the industry is changing faster than anyone imagined.

And James Woods just exposed one ugly truth about Hollywood that has actors terrified.

James Woods warns AI will end human actors

Oscar-nominated actor James Woods dropped a bombshell warning about artificial intelligence that sent shockwaves through Hollywood.

The 77-year-old Casino star told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade that AI isn’t some passing fad that will blow over in a few years.

“AI is the end of human actors. I’m adamant about this,” Woods declared.

Critics dismissed similar warnings when silent films gave way to talkies in the 1920s.

The same skeptics claimed television would never replace movies when it exploded in the 1950s.

Woods pointed out those doubters were dead wrong every single time.

“When the silent [movies] went to talkies, people said, ‘Oh it’s a fad,’” Woods explained. “When television came in, ‘It won’t replace movies.’”

Now Hollywood faces the most existential threat in its history.

Film companies are already calculating how much money they can save by cutting actors’ agents, entourages, and seven-figure salaries from their budgets.

Woods cited Moore’s Law to explain how fast this nightmare scenario is approaching.

Gordon Moore predicted in 1965 that computer chip power would double every 18 to 24 months while costs stayed flat or dropped.

That same exponential growth curve is hitting AI advancement right now.

“When Steven Spielberg did the first Jurassic Park, people said, ‘This is amazing — how can he have done it?’” Woods recalled. “He goes, ‘In five years, 14-year-old kids will be doing this on their Macintosh,’ and he was right.”

Kevin O’Leary proves Woods is right about Hollywood’s AI obsession

Woods isn’t crying wolf about some distant future possibility.

The AI takeover of Hollywood is already happening behind closed doors.

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary recently bragged that his upcoming Christmas film Marty Supreme could have saved millions by replacing background actors with AI.

“There’s a movie I’m in that’s coming out on Christmas called Marty Supreme,” O’Leary told The Hill. “We worked on it for eight months. Almost every scene had as many as 150 extras.”¹

Those 150 real human beings with families to feed worked 18-hour days to bring that film to life.

O’Leary looked at their paychecks and saw nothing but wasted money.

“Those people had to stay awake for 18 hours, be completely dressed in the background — not necessarily in the movie, except they’re necessary to be there moving around,” O’Leary explained. “And yet, it costs millions of dollars to do that.”²

The businessman then revealed Hollywood’s dark secret about what comes next.

“Why couldn’t you simply put AI agents in their place? Because they’re not the main actors, they’re only in the story visually,” O’Leary said.³

He argued using AI for background actors would “save millions of dollars” so studios could pump out “more movies.”

O’Leary even name-dropped Tilly Norwood, the AI-generated “actress” that sparked outrage when Hollywood agents tried signing it in October.

“She’s 100% AI. She doesn’t exist. But she’s a great actress,” O’Leary claimed. “She can come in any age you want. She doesn’t need to eat, so she works 24 hours a day.”⁴

SAG-AFTRA immediately condemned the Tilly Norwood stunt as a scheme “jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry.”⁵

But that union statement won’t stop studios from chasing profits.

Hollywood’s AI nightmare is accelerating faster than anyone predicted

Woods sees exactly where this train is headed and it’s not pretty for actors.

Sure, audiences still want to see Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep on screen today.

Those stars grew up alongside moviegoers over decades of performances.

But the next generation won’t have that same connection.

“We love brilliant actors like Brad Pitt, we love Meryl Streep, all these great actors, because we grew up with them,” Woods said. “But when the next generation grows up with a computer-generated model, they will be as realistic as people.”⁶

Think about what that means for every working actor in Hollywood.

Studios already use AI to resurrect dead performers like Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing for Star Wars films.

They’re using AI to de-age actors like Harrison Ford so he can play Indiana Jones at 80 years old.

Creative Artists Agency built a massive facility called the CAAVault to scan and preserve digital clones of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The technology is advancing so fast that Kevin O’Leary claims his own AI replica can now fool people.

“We’ve got AI Kevin now and we did it in Abu Dhabi,” O’Leary revealed. “The challenges with AI is most people can distinguish now between what’s fake and what’s real, because of the voice. But there’s another iteration of the model coming in about a week — that’s how fast it’s advancing.”⁷

Once studios perfect AI actors that audiences can’t distinguish from real humans, every actor in Hollywood becomes expendable.

AI performers don’t demand residuals, they never age out of roles, they work 24/7 without complaint, and they generate zero bad publicity.

Woods understands the economics make this outcome inevitable.

The only question is how fast it happens and how many actors lose their livelihoods before the public wakes up to what Hollywood is doing.



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  • F16Hoser

    I’m a fan of James Woods. He made some excellent movies. :cool:

  • F16Hoser

    It’s a shame these excellent actors can’t practice their craft anymore. Conversly, there are movies i wont watch anymore because of evil pedophile actors in them. We all know who they are. :wink: :wink: :wink:

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