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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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[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If they're going to use AI for actors, how about we start with replacing child actors? Between Hollywood's shitty treatment of children, the effects that fame has on developmental growth, and the pure cost of hiring children (who have shorter work hours and thus tend to increase the time required to film/produce), it would make a lot more sense to replace kids on screen with a bot than attempting to raise adult actors from the dead.

I'm no fan of AI, but considering how much child abuse happens behind the scenes, using it to reduce the need for child actors is one application I'd feel at least somewhat okay with. But this? It just feels disrespectful to the dead actor. Holograms of dead people was bad enough, now we need to recreate entire films with them?

[-] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 3 points 15 hours ago

Half the point of Hollywood is abuse. Literally that's the reason investment ever went into the idea. No one just provides bread and circuses, and just one justification is no where near good enough to excuse the massive costs.

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