Tilly Norwood, the artificial intelligence “actor” who caused a frenzy of rage in Hollywood and the entire industry at the end of 2025, is set to star in her first feature film.
Announced by artificial intelligence studio Particle 6, the studio behind Norwood, Misaligned is described as a comedy-drama that tells “a coming-of-age story filled with the existential chaos of artificial intelligence.” The film takes place in the so-called “Tilliverse”, a surreal digital world located somewhere in the Cloud. The film is about Tilly, an AI creature with no real body, no childhood, no life experiences of her own… only with access to everyone else. Events spiral when a seductive darknet scammer bot convinces her to let go of her guardrails and begin to develop desires, impulses and ambitions, making her more human.
The film is a full-length feature film about the artificial intelligence of Particle 6, which claims to be being developed as a hybrid production with traditional film and television professionals including directors, writers and editors working alongside artificial intelligence specialists. It says AI training and mentoring will be built into manufacturing itself.
“Our work this year has proven what we suspected all along,” said Elin van der Velden, CEO and founder of Particle 6. “AI can support premium narrative filmmaking, but only with a significant amount of human skill, skill, judgment and time. This is not a limitation of the technology. That’s what it’s all about. The filmmakers who succeed in the next decade will be the ones who bring decades of storytelling instinct to these new tools, and “Inconsistency is where we apply it to site-scale work.”
The announcement comes less than a year after Norwood was the subject of major industry backlash following Van der Velden’s claims that artificial intelligence was about to be signed off by the agency. The news sparked immediate statements of anger from unions, actors and filmmakers over the role of artificial intelligence in the creative world – with Norwood becoming the recognizable, geeky face of the issue (an infamy that Norwood’s creators subsequently appropriated with various provocative social media posts).
“The film will be absolutely funny, chaotic and self-aware – very Tilly,” van der Velden said of Mismatch. “But there’s something deeper underneath it about identity, performance and our very human fears around AI. And yes, art will definitely imitate life.”
“Misaligned” is currently in early development with key collaborators currently attached. It will be produced in parallel with Particle 6’s production, co-production and service in film and television, as well as the commercial work of the campaign and brand division.