'I thought people would understand what I was trying to do': The story behind the film too controversial for London's cinemas

'The feedback we received highlighted the strong concern held by many of our audience on the use of AI in place of a writer which speaks to a wider issue within the industry,' a cinema spokesperson said.

Films being pilloried sight-unseen is hardly a new phenomenon: the BBFC famously received hundreds of complaints prior to the release of Martin Scorsese's 'The Last Temptation of Christ', but not a single one afterwards.

Marvel endured a backlash for its deployment of AI in the title sequence of Nick Fury-led Disney+ series 'Secret Invasion', as did this year's 'Late Night with the Devil', a horror film that included AI-generated art.

The use of AI in screenwriting was a key plank of last year's Hollywood writers' strike, although the negotiated settlement - that AI can be used to generate scripts, but writers will always be credited for their work - was a less than optimal solution.

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