{"id":4082,"date":"2026-07-22T21:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:07:29","slug":"darren-aronofsky-raising-cash-for-his-ai-film-studio-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4082","title":{"rendered":"Darren Aronofsky Raising Cash For His AI Film Studio (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tPrimordial Soup, the AI Film and content studio launched by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (<em>The Whale<\/em>, <em>Black Swan<\/em>, <em>Requiem For a Dream<\/em>) is raising cash as AI-first filmmaking continues to proliferate, <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4080\">\u2018Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\u2019 Returns With Most Star-Studded Lineup to Date: Where to Watch Season 5 Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tEarlier this month Primordial Soup Labs, Inc., which lists Aronofsky and his producing partner Dylan Golden as executive officers, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a $15 million equity raise.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe document said that the company had sold just over $11 million of that total so far, with the first sale taking place July 1. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt is not clear what Primordial Soup will use the cash for, though the company\u2019s website suggests that it is in the midst of something that amounts to a hiring spree, with open roles for \u201cgenerative artists,\u201d social media strategists, a chief of staff, and a \u201cHead of Studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe head of studio role underscores the scale of the endeavor, with the description noting that the person they hire will run content strategy and studio operations. \u201cYou\u2019ll oversee the development, production and commercialization of our slate, including digital-first creator content, feature films, television series, and branded content,\u201d the description states.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat suggests that Primordial Soup will supplement its film and TV projects with commercials and AI creator content.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAronofsky and his spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA growing number of Hollywood traditionalists are diving into AI. Martin Scorsese is using the tech for storyboarding, a veteran <em>Doctor Who<\/em> director is developing an animated AI film and studios including A24 and Lionsgate have forged creative partnerships with AI companies. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4078\">Catching Up With the Currys: The Busiest Couple in Basketball Is Ready to Conquer Hollywood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAronofsky has been focused on cutting-edge tech for years, becoming an early pioneer in 2018 with a three-part VR project called <em>Spheres <\/em>he produced from filmmaker Eliza McNitt and then of course making <em>Postcard from Earth <\/em>for The Sphere in Las Vegas several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPrimordial Soup launched just over a year ago with the tagline of \u201cmake soup not slop\u201d and formed a non-exclusive filmmaking partnership with Google DeepMind that allowed him to experiment with the company\u2019s tools.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs part of that partnership, he and McNitt produced <em>Ancestra, <\/em>a 45-minute featurette (and first in a planned trilogy) about a mother and memory. They debuted it at Tribeca in 2025, where Aronofsky took the stage with McNitt and a DeepMind exec to say that, \u201cThere are a lot of ways to use these models. I\u2019m mostly interested in figuring out how to use these models to tell stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe director took an even more public role on behalf of AI filmmaking \u2014 and plenty of backlash for it \u2014 when this winter he premiered <em>On This Day<\/em>, a set of American Revolution-themed live-action shorts that used AI generations of historical figures. Critics pilloried the project for uncanny-valley vibes, though the work did get more refined as it went. 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