Wonder Studios is seeking to make inroads into Hollywood. To do it, the AI film studio and creative agency, which is valued at around $50 million, is showing up where Hollywood is likely to be.
At a packed Rio de Janeiro festival, security stops you at the gate not to check a ticket, but to demand you unlock your phone and prove it is yours. This is a documented practice at multiple Brazilian events since at least 2022, and it sits in genuinely contested legal territory.
