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The AI Filmmaker Outrunning Hollywood
charlie curran is making ai-generated movies about iran and the rizzler, among other things, entertaining millions and building an ai film studio while hollywood panics
Ryan Hassan
Apr 27, 2026
Two days after U.S. special forces rescued an American soldier from the depths of the Iranian mountains, an AI-generated film went viral on X. Just over a minute long, it recreates the entire saga of DUDE-44 (the callsign of the fallen jet)... with LEGO soldiers, fighter jet explosions, and a (again, LEGO) POTUS feature. Bricky helicopters fly through Iranian mountains while soldiers on the ground try to survive plastic shootouts.
Title: Rescuing American Pilot in Iran (2026, colorized)
The post exploded (sorry), collecting millions of views.
“Hollywood will not be able to keep up with this,” one viewer wrote. “It just happen [sic] 2 days ago and there’s already a short movie.”
“We deserve a full length feature!!” someone else replied.
“I don’t care what your political stance is, God Bless our Troops and God Bless America,” said one patriot.
This instant classic is the work of Charlie Curran, a filmmaker testing the limits of the form with the help of AI. He started posting short films on X in January and has made a name for himself since then, generating tens of millions of views (and $27k from X payouts in just 2 weeks). He’s even drawn attention from Elon… in response to an AI-generated horror film he created titled Titty Killer 5.
This isn’t “slop.” That label’s been commodified. The word doesn’t really mean anything anymore — most videos created today use AI to some extent. Curran is a professional producing short films enabled and accelerated by AI.
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