Inside ‘Goodfellas’ director Martin Scorsese’s secret sit-down with Hollywood guild over AI
Scorsese has drawn the ire of a major Hollywood guild over his involvement in an AI startup.
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Page Six Hollywood Inside ‘Goodfellas’ director Martin Scorsese’s secret sit-down with Hollywood guild over AI Published July 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET The feud between one of the world’s greatest living artists — Martin Scorsese — and a major Hollywood guild over his involvement in an AI startup seems to be escalating. The “Casino” director has even had a secret telephone ‘sit-down’ with the guild, Page Six Hollywood has learned, at a time when filmmakers are getting publicly whacked for embracing the tech. While Scorsese isn’t the only big name to get on the AI hype train — Darren Aronofsky, Ben Affleck, James Cameron and Steven Soderbergh all have their hands in the new technology in one way or another — Scorsese’s embrace of AI seems to have cut the deepest.
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