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My Boyfriend is a Superhero!?

CHOOSE YOUR PROTAGONIST

My Boyfriend is a Superhero!? is the first film in the history of cinema where the audience chooses the protagonist; the film is built around two different instantiations of its lead character, Abigail, extending Jackson's film theory dogma "the Living, Breathing Cinema" to casting itself.

The film stands as the first completely AI 3D-animated feature, with all sound, music, visuals, animation, and performances machine-generated, and the first feature film to employ agentic AI editing, using autonomous AI systems to generate and place elements inside the cut.

"When a billionaire's secretary uncovers her boss is secretly a vigilante superhero, she is thrust into a high-stakes battle of secret identities, corporate intrigue, and an AI bent on taking control."

An experimental cut of Superhero!? presents itself as an early demonstration of what Jackson called, "The True Line Cut," an artistic framework meant to re-introduce scarcity to post-scarcity abundance, in doing so, creating a subset AI cinema as jazz is to music. "The True Line Cut is where a film is made in one single pass and published without revision, capturing the raw process of creation in one unbroken true line."

The film also contains what is now recognized as the earliest documented breach of the live-action threshold in an AI feature film. Approximately fifteen minutes of the film — featuring the Eagle, Chick (Joan), and Mister B (Rogers) — cross into photoreal live action, with machine-generated performances. This breakthrough occurred months before Jackson would build an entire film around the capability with Strings (2026).

  • Hooroo Jackson
    Director
  • Hooroo J.
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Feature
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Romance
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    750 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Hooroo Jackson

Hooroo Jackson is an American film director, screenwriter, editor and film theorist, whose groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence has led to several firsts in the history of cinema.

On July 21, 2023, he released "Window Seat", the first fully AI feature film in the history of cinema. At 61 minutes and a budget of just $100, the solo-made film proved fledgling generative AI tools could already deliver a complete motion-picture experience. Window Seat represented several firsts in cinema including: the first completed and widely released AI feature film, the first feature film with complete AI video and performances, and the first AI feature film made entirely by one person. Lastly, it was the first narrative feature film in history utilizing lines of machine writing.

On July 3, 2024, he premiered "DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict", the first fully AI animated feature film and the first AI anime feature film. With 100% of its sound, music, video, and performances made with AI tools, the $405 production also became the first AI feature film to land a major streaming license.

In December 2024, Jackson released The New Machine Cinema: Foundational Essays in AI Film Theory, the most comprehensive theoretical framework for AI cinema to date. The New Machine Cinema presented several concepts such as 'One Person, One Film', a framework which posited a film should be created entirely by its director with no other credits. 'Speed of the Mind', explored a new cinema flowing at the pace of human thought. But it was his essay 'The Living, Breathing Cinema' that set the stage for Jackson's next feature.

On April 22nd, 2025, he premiered 'A Very Long Carriage Ride.' The first film in the history of cinema released in two different styles simultaneously, in the process becoming the first AI stop motion animated feature film ever made, and the first AI classic style animated feature film. The dual release was accompanied with a supplemental essay, 'One Film, Two Ways: Introducing A Very Long Carriage Ride', positing: 'A film is no longer a film, a film is a series of possibilities.'

On June 30th, 2025, Jackson published 'Post-Scarcity Cinema: Writings on AI Film Theory', his new essays 'Machine Pleasures,' brought forward a new philosophy in machine acting, 'Post-Aesthetic Cinema' explored a future of non-visual cinema, and 'The Pinnacle Contact', a treatise on how the future of cinema will directly mirror philosophical metaphysical reality.

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Director Statement

"Audiences crave agency until cinema and videogames merge completely. The Living, Breathing Cinema plants the flag for this future. The superhero film presents the simplest demonstration: choose your protagonist. Future cinema will be admired not for what's on screen but what's underneath the hood, like a car engine. The layman enjoys the ride without knowing the mechanics, but enthusiasts understand the technology that makes it possible. This scales cinema into science fiction heights. Traditional blockbusters hide their technical wizardry. Audiences line up for spectacle without understanding the effects. Multifold cinema reveals both what is on screen and what is not. The audience chooses between white Abigail and black Abigail, but underneath lies the architecture that makes infinite choice possible."