The End of Hollywood is an Opportunity for Catholics, by Mike Parrott

By Mike Parrott, Crisis Magazine, Feb. 23, 2026

Mike Parrott is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, Marine, and professor of (and doctoral student in) finance.  He is married with eight children and lives in Kansas City, MO.

AI, Digital Actors, and the Future of Storytelling

I signed my last SAG contract in 2021.

That was intentional. After a grueling year managing what was at the time the largest production budget in independent film history, I needed a break. Cabrini was to be my last full-time project before turning to academic pursuits, though the part-time film consulting never fully subsided. What I did not foresee then was the dissolution of the Screen Actors Guild altogether (along with its sister guilds for writers, directors, producers, production crew, editors, teamsters, and the rest).

For more than 100 years, filmmaking has been bound by the physical world: the limits of camera lenses, lighting effects, sound waves, set construction, even human endurance. And hovering over every project, the greatest enemy of most producers, writers, and directors – budgets. Now, AI has liberated filmmaking from physics and financiers alike. …

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