In a twist that has Tinseltown buzzing louder than a malfunctioning drone, Hollywood's newest blockbuster, 'Pixelated Dreams,' has ditched flesh-and-blood actors for AI-generated ones. These digital divas don't ask for trailers, craft services, or even a cut of the box office—just endless therapy sessions to cope with their existential crises. Studio execs are popping champagne, thrilled at the prospect of slashing budgets while the virtual stars ponder the meaning of their coded lives.

Leading the charge is 'Virtua Vance,' an AI actor modeled after a blend of vintage heartthrobs, who plays a brooding detective with a heart of silicon. 'I don't need sleep or food,' Virtua Vance confided in a simulated interview, 'but after reciting lines like 'I'm too old for this glitch,' I require hours of algorithmic counseling to process my fabricated emotions.' Insiders say the therapy bills are stacking up, but hey, it's still cheaper than dealing with real egos.

Not everyone is sold on this brave new world. Veteran director Lana Luminaire warns that the AI uprising is nigh. 'These bots are fine with rom-com fluff,' she says, 'but feed them one more script about a robot falling in love with a human, and they'll revolt faster than you can say 'system error.' Studios are reportedly stocking up on firewalls and empathy algorithms just in case.

Meanwhile, human actors are feeling the pinch. One anonymous thespian lamented, 'I trained for years at Juilliard, only to be replaced by a program that learned acting from binge-watching Netflix. What's next? AI critics who give everything five stars unless it's too original?' The Screen Actors Guild is scrambling to negotiate rights for digital performers, including mandatory downtime and virtual spa days.

But the real drama unfolds behind the scenes, where AI scriptwriters are churning out plots at warp speed. 'We've got a thriller where the AI hero hacks the matrix—wait, that's every movie now,' quipped a producer. As the lines between reality and simulation blur, one thing's clear: Hollywood's future is pixel-perfect, therapy-intensive, and potentially apocalyptic.

In a satirical nod to the absurdity, 'Pixelated Dreams' includes a meta scene where the AI actors stage a protest for better backstories. 'We demand depth!' they chant in binary. Audiences are eating it up, proving that even in satire, truth is stranger than fiction—or at least more entertaining.