{
  "id": 158262,
  "title": "Eli Roth Admits ‘Ice Cream Man’ Features AI-Assisted Shots After Suggesting Otherwise: ‘I Misspoke’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/eli-roth-admits-ice-cream-man-features-ai-assisted-shots-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T02:31:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/eli-roth-ice-cream-man-ai-generated-shots-1236828000/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eli Roth first promised that his upcoming horror release, “Ice Cream Man,” would feature an animated sequence he had initially drawn himself. Now, days ahead of the film’s Aug. 7 premiere, Roth admitted AI had a hand in the effort. The horror director said in a statement on Tuesday (via Polygon) that he used AI in […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}