This AI Video of Brad Pitt Fighting Tom Cruise Has Hollywood Spiraling
Anyone who has ever read a sci-fi novel knows that at some point, artificial intelligence will destroy humanity. As AI's power has skyrocketed in recent years, so have fears of it taking jobs from virtually every industry, from technology to graphic design to writing.
OpenAI's Sora burst onto the scene with the ability to make 15-second videos that could very easily be mistaken for real. But TikTok owner ByteDance just released Seedance 2.0, its latest AI video model. And it makes Sora look like a Fisher-Price toy.
Irish director Ruairi Robinson posted a video on X that he made in Seedance with a two-line prompt, in which Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have a cinematic choreographed fist fight. Unlike most "AI slop" that has a cartoonish sheen, this video looked like it could've been right out of a Mission: Impossible flick.
This was a 2 line prompt in seedance 2. If the hollywood is cooked guys are right maybe the hollywood is cooked guys are cooked too idk. pic.twitter.com/dNTyLUIwAV
— Ruairi Robinson (@RuairiRobinson) February 11, 2026
Immediately, Hollywood started to panic. Would this one app be able to put the entire industry out of business?
“For all of us who work in the industry and devoted our careers and lives to it, I just think it’s nothing short of terrifying,” Deadpool screenwriter Rhett Reese told The New York Times. “I could just see it costing jobs all over the place.”
The fear was so strong Disney even sent ByteDance a cease and desist, claiming the app infringed on copyright of the media giant's iconic characters. In response, ByteDance agreed to impose restrictions regarding copyrighted material. "We are taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property and likeness by users," a company spokesperson told BBC. They added that the company "respects intellectual property rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance 2.0."
Ironically, Disney made a $1 billion deal with OpenAI in December 2025 giving the company license to use its characters in Sora. Hollywood execs had an equally disturbed response to that deal. "Everyone in the entertainment industry, especially all the creative talent, are incredibly worried about what the implications are," SAG-AFTRA executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told BBC.