Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy AI image incident — Oct 2026
A composite of AI-generated images falsely depicted actors Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy attending a premiere for a fictional Super Mario Galaxy movie
- Reported date
- Oct 13, 2026
- Target
- Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
The exact incident date was not established. This entry is dated by its source report.
A series of AI-generated images recently surfaced, appearing to show actors Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy at a red-carpet premiere for a film titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The images were identified as synthetic content through detection analysis.
What happened
The incident involved a four-panel composite of red-carpet style photographs. The images depicted a man resembling Chris Pratt, dressed in a white button-down shirt and coral-colored trousers, alongside a woman resembling Anya Taylor-Joy, who was shown wearing a long pink satin gown with a jeweled halter neckline. The backdrop of the images featured branding for Nintendo and Illumination, as well as a purple and yellow carpet. Other attendees and security personnel were visible in the background of several panels to enhance the appearance of a legitimate event. Analysis tools indicated a high likelihood of AI generation, specifically attributing the content to ChatGPT with 76% confidence, while Nano Banana was attributed at 22% and Midjourney at 0%.