‘We’re all dead’: Producer Will Packer on AI in Hollywood
The producer behind ‘Fight Night’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ talks about Hollywood’s aversion to risk and his biggest fears for AI.
Film, TV, and podcast producer Will Packer’s projects—which include NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and the Ride Along series—have made more than a billion dollars at the box office, all while centering stories of Black Americans. His latest project, Fight Night, is a Peacock series set in 1970s Atlanta and starring Kevin Hart and Don Cheadle. Packer came on the Most Innovative Companies podcast to talk about the series, share career advice from his book Who Better Than You? The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big, and tell us why he thinks AI will could ruin Hollywood.