AI YouTuber Gossip Goblin Plans to Release AI Film ‘Gods Don’t Give Gifts’ in Movie Theaters
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- Gossip Goblin (Zack London) is releasing AI anthology film "Gods Don't Give Gifts" — four shorts — in theaters Oct. 30, targeting New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.
- London wrote and directed with Fable, the AI studio backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund and led by CEO Edward Saatchi, working with an unnamed distributor.
- "Gods Don't Give Gifts" explores humanity's fallout after overcoming death and memory through technology and grappling with the consequences.
- Saatchi confirmed box office gross isn't the success metric — London called the theatrical run an "experiment" rather than a commercial play, telling Variety, "I don't think this would ever get made any other way."
- The release is modeled on Markiplier's "Iron Lung," which grossed $51 million on a $3 million budget from over 4,000 screens; London has 1.4 million YouTube subscribers.
- "Obsession" (Curry Barker) and "Backrooms" (Kane Parsons) have grossed over $800 million globally combined, establishing the YouTuber-to-multiplex pipeline London is now testing with an AI-first film.
Why it matters: London frames the Oct. 30 release as an "experiment," not a commercial play — Saatchi confirms box office gross isn't the metric. With 1.4 million YouTube subscribers and exhibitors "extremely excited" despite AI making them "nervous," the test is whether AI-made cinema earns a place on the big screen.
