KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30 -- Local cinemagoers will soon be able to catch the first Malaysian artificial intelligence (AI)-generated film on the big screen, starting January 1.

The 76-minute historical epic Pirate Queen: Zheng Yi Sao, produced by Future Studio in collaboration with Singapore's FizzDragon, is also aiming to achieve a global milestone as the first AI-generated film to secure a theatrical release.

According to Future Studio president and executive producer Professor Yoki Chin, the film, based on one of the world's most successful pirates, will be released at major cinema chains nationwide, including TGV and GSC.

"As we saw in the 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the filmmakers depicted the pirate queen in a very...