Video-generation tools turned a labor-intensive entertainment industry into a high-speed content machine, leaving actors, crews and production hubs on the outs

Video-generation tools turned a labor-intensive entertainment industry into a high-speed content machine, leaving actors, crews and production hubs on the outs

A year ago, the town of Hengdian was so crowded with production crews working on short dramas that actors on neighboring sets could hear each other’s lines