United Kingdom, Nov. 20 -- Ron Howard thinks AI can "help filmmakers get more of what's in their mind's eye onto screens".

The 71-year-old director is one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood, and Ron believes that AI will play an important role in the long-term future of the movie industry.

He told Variety: "It's going to help filmmakers get more of what's in their mind's eye onto screens in very efficient ways.

"It'll be helpful in terms of visual effects and be its own kind of revolution, just as digital effects were for cinema. The important thing for us as a society is to preserve creative populations' ability to make a living. That's going to require thought and care, and the copyright issues are going to have to be leg...