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Better Call CineCrew: Consistent Ultra-Long Narrative-to-Film Generation

ECCV 2026
1 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
* Equal contribution. † Corresponding author.

A multi-agent cinematic studio for transforming scripts into coherent, multi-shot, long-form film sequences with stable characters, scene continuity, and production-aware storytelling.

Featured Demo

The Monkey King at Hogwarts

A featured long-form demo showing script-driven story progression, cross-shot character consistency, cinematic staging, and agent-based production planning.

Original Script

In a magical academy, the young wizard Harry meets the Monkey King Sun Wukong. What begins as a suspicious first encounter turns into an unlikely friendship after they work together to stop a runaway broom accident and leave the courtyard side by side.

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Story Timeline

A compact narrative timeline of the featured demo, showing how the story unfolds from mythic arrival to cinematic resolution and quiet friendship.

Shot 0
Huaguo Mountain

Sun Wukong stands above the sea of clouds at dawn as mythic wind and mist begin the journey.

Shot 1
Arrival

He lands inside the academy hallway, surrounded by fading white mist and wet stone reflections.

Shot 2
First Meeting

Harry appears and the two size each other up in a tense but controlled first encounter.

Shot 3
The Warning

Harry explains that something is wrong in the training room ahead.

Shot 4
Doorway

They arrive at the training room entrance, where something inside is already clearly off.

Shot 5
Accident Reveal

A runaway broom and flying papers turn the room into a contained magical accident.

Shot 6
Wukong Reacts

Wukong reads the danger quickly and begins moving into action.

Shot 7
Teamwork

Harry and Wukong cooperate to slow, redirect, and finally contain the broom.

Shot 8
Post-Action Dialogue

With the room calm again, tension gives way to dry humor and mutual respect.

Shot 9
Exit

They leave the training room together, now clearly moving as companions.

Shot 10
Courtyard

In the open courtyard, their conversation becomes warmer and more relaxed.

Shot 11
Bench Ending

They sit together as the camera pulls back, ending on the quiet start of a new friendship.

Method

Multi-agent cinematic production from script to film

Our framework organizes long-form generation as a virtual production studio, where specialized agents collaborate over story, acting, camera language, asset control, audio, and post-production decisions.

Abstract

Better Call CineCrew tackles ultra-long narrative-to-film generation with a multi-agent production framework that decomposes the filmmaking process into specialized roles. Instead of treating long video generation as a single monolithic synthesis problem, our system coordinates story analysis, cinematic planning, character and scene memory, acting direction, voice control, execution, and post-production into a coherent pipeline. This design improves long-range consistency in identity, shot structure, narrative flow, and audiovisual presentation across multi-shot sequences.

Task Overview
Better Call CineCrew teaser

Figure: Better Call CineCrew organizes narrative understanding, cinematic planning, acting control, asset grounding, video execution, and post-production into a unified long-form film generation studio.

Baseline Comparison

Comparison against LTX-Studio

Due to conference supplemental size limits, we only include comparisons against the strongest currently available baseline, LTX-Studio (a commercial product). We present three representative cases below.

Movie 1 · "Spider Man"

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