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Kilmer passed away in 2025 after battling throat cancer. Apparently his character will feature in over an hour of the movie.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/val-kilmer-ai-generated-new-movie-rcna264195

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[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 51 points 2 days ago

Not quite as ghoulish. Say 99% as ghoulish.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Exactly. I'm not saying it's fine, just not as terrible as you might originally think.

[-] homes@piefed.world 24 points 2 days ago

I’m not sure if that’s a distinction worth making in this case

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure if this was a comment worth making, yet here you are.

[-] homes@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I suppose time will tell ;)

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

“We were gonna skin Val and attach that to an advanced robotics puppet, but the studio said that was 100% ghoulish.”

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

"oddly, he had that explicitly prohibited in his will"

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