The Art Directors Guild publicly pushed back on Martin Scorsese’s promotion of an AI storyboard tool, sparking a debate over automation and the future of visual craft while throwing a spotlight on who gets to shape cinematic imagination — a real-life cautionary tale for creators. [P]Apple TV+’s Mistborn is being billed as a fantasy event of the decade, proving big-budget adaptations still sell wonder when they respect deep worldbuilding. Meanwhile, Halo showrunner Steven Kane warned that over-reliance on data risks killing creative risk-taking — a neat through-line to recent stories about restored classics, Pixar’s emotional scares, and even Taylor Swift’s radio milestone showing that craft, not formulas, makes audiences care.