{"id":129979,"date":"2025-10-08T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=129979"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:11:29","slug":"300-crusaders-the-first-animated-feature-film-created-with-generative-ai-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/300-crusaders-the-first-animated-feature-film-created-with-generative-ai-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;300 Crusaders&#8217; &#8211; The First Animated Feature Film Created with Generative AI Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct 8, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gi Films and Georgian American Film Academy proudly announce the U.S. streaming launch of \u201c300 Crusaders,\u201d the groundbreaking animated epic from acclaimed filmmaker Mirza Davitaia, known for \u201cAnton,\u201d \u201cThe Narrow Bridge,\u201d and \u201cThe Knight in the Tiger\u2019s Skin.\u201d Following its successful premiere in Georgia, the film is now available to American audiences on Fawesome and Stash TV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-1008-s2p-300-crusaders-800x600.webp\" alt=\"Gi Films - A still pic from one of the scenes from the film, 300 Crusaders\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-1008-s2p-300-crusaders-800x600.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-1008-s2p-300-crusaders-800x600-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-1008-s2p-300-crusaders-800x600-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Image caption: A still pic from one of the scenes from the film, &#8220;300 Crusaders.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Critic Alan Ng of Film Threat praises the film as \u201ca unique collision of espionage, romance, and cultural immersion wrapped in a visually striking package that proves history doesn\u2019t have to be dry, and animation doesn\u2019t have to be expensive to be captivating,\u201d 300 Crusaders takes viewers deep into the mysterious highlands of the Caucasus (<a href=\"https:\/\/filmthreat.com\/reviews\/300-crusaders\/\">https:\/\/filmthreat.com\/reviews\/300-crusaders\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The story follows James Aitken, a British spy who uncovers a hidden mountain village of Knights Templar descendants. Torn between duty and destiny, he faces a choice that could change the course of history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used AI at every stage of the filmmaking process\u2014from development to production,\u201d says Davitaia. \u201cIt was an intense experience. With AI, filmmaking will never be the same again\u2014it opens new perspectives. This is a revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davitaia\u2019s next project continues his exploration of the fusion between human creativity and cutting-edge technology\u2014this time merging animation and live-action to craft a bold new cinematic language.<\/p>\n<p>For media inquiries, interviews, or additional information, please contact:<br \/>\nGi Films: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gi-films.com\/\">https:\/\/www.gi-films.com\/<\/a> &#8211; or, Georgian American Film Academy at: filmacademy@ug.edu.ge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct 8, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gi Films and Georgian American Film Academy proudly announce the U.S. streaming launch of &#8220;300 Crusaders,&#8221; the groundbreaking animated epic from acclaimed filmmaker Mirza Davitaia, known for &#8220;Anton,&#8221; &#8220;The Narrow Bridge,&#8221; and &#8220;The Knight in the Tiger&#8217;s Skin.&#8221; Following its successful premiere in Georgia, the film is now available to American audiences on Fawesome and Stash TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10145,"featured_media":129976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[346,622,1,10,37,187,559],"tags":[20443],"class_list":["post-129979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-filmmaking-news","category-artificial-intelligence","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-entertainment-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-products-news","tag-ai-filmmaking","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":1990,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129983,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129979\/revisions\/129983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}