From director Luke Scott and executive producer Ridley Scott, 20th Century Fox’s Morgan opens in theaters tomorrow. It’s a high-tech genre thriller that appears to be centered around some sort of hybrid that escapes an experimental facility.
In a really exciting tie-in, scientists at IBM Research have collaborated with Fox to create the first-ever cognitive movie trailer for the movie Morgan.
It’s incredibly interesting to see how an A.I. interprets footage, while the trailer itself is beyond frightening. I wonder if the A.I. also chose the score, and if so, Skynet is coming.
Following the trailer is an interesting featurette on the process, which is highlighted by the following:
Utilizing experimental Watson APIs and machine learning techniques, the IBM Research system analyzed hundreds of horror/thriller movie trailers. After learning what keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, the AI system suggested the top 10 best candidate moments for a trailer from the movie ‘Morgan’, which an IBM filmmaker then edited and arranged together.
Kate Mara plays a corporate troubleshooter who is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.
Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Paul Giamatti also star.
