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Forbes
19 Dec 2025
Cinematic AI. Every one of these extraordinary shorts was made by an enteratinment or creative industry professional.” See Talkboys Studio’s film “Roadkill” featured in this Forbes article showcasing cinematic AI videos.
WIRED
27 Oct 2025
Our friends who are sitcom writers, feature writers, were like, ‘This isn’t worth your time, this is gonna kill jobs,’” says McLees. “We’re like, the jobs are already gone, the studios killed it.” He likened the shift to previous disruptions in the film industry, including the transition from hand-drawn to 3D animation. “We wanted to be at the table and not on the menu,” he says.
IBC 365
29 Jan 2025
The studio model is being upended by seismic business pressures and the disruptive potency of AI. For two seasoned scriptwriters and producers partnered as Talk Boys Studio, the answer was to create a short film that could be the bellwether for a new wave of narrative generative AI content. Creating watchable two-minute videos in AI is impressive but at 12 minutes McLees and Bonventre have made a narrative with professional rhythm, pace, comedy and pathos…The subject matter of the film doesn’t pertain to AI. Nor does it overreach to try and dazzle the eye with CGI. It’s a simple, intriguing two-hander that would have made a laudable stage play. The film is an attempt to normalize the medium and show that the incorporation of AI doesn’t call for the negation of all that came before.
Seattle Film Festival
31 Mar 2025
I can tell you which video was the crowd favorite. Check out the hilarious “RoadKill,” produced by writers Ian McLees and Daniel Bonventre at TalkBoysStudio. The writing and voices are human-made, but the visuals are all AI. About a minute in, I knew this one was produced by pros.