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Ideas, process, and perspective on AI film, creative technology, and pitch-stage storytelling.

● Latest 07 Jun 2026 4 min read

“Hell Grind” isn’t Cannes. It’s a Warning Shot

Hell Grind wasn't at Cannes. It screened next door. Here's what the world's first AI-generated feature film actually means.

By Alf · Founder of The Moon Unit. 8,000+ pitches across 40 countries. $3 billion in production budgets secured. Writing on AI in film, director treatments, prompt engineering, and the future of visual storytelling. Author of the "What Comes Next" series.
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Hell Grind
By the numbers — what one AI feature actually took
15
People
14
Days
$500K
Total budget
$400K
On compute
61,000
Generations
960
Final clips
3,000
Words / prompt
1906
The real parallel
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COMES
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Alf · The Moon Unit
The Series

Four books in the pipeline. The first is launching soon.

Alf is finishing a series of four books on AI and the future of creative work — who gains power, who loses it, and what comes next.