The Feed March 18th

Merge 104.8  |  18 March 2026

Movie director James Cameron has said that advances in AI could allow big-budget films to be produced largely with AI within the next five to ten years. He explained that AI tools may drastically reduce production costs by assisting with visual effects and animation, potentially changing the way major blockbuster films are made.

 

Sabrina Carpenter is set to star in and produce a musical inspired by Alice in Wonderland for Universal Pictures. The project has been a passion for Sabrina, who originally pitched the concept with her own ideas and vision. Alice in Wonderland is a classic tale about a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and lands in a fantasy world of talking animals and creatures.

 

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows parents of under-13s to create and manage new user accounts for their pre-teens. Meta says that once the account is created, parents can limit their child’s experience to just messaging and calling and will be accessible only with a parental PIN.