{"id":25536,"date":"2026-10-20T06:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/hollywood-ai-listers-is-the-technology-ready-to-rival-flesh-and-blood-film-stars\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T06:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:37:20","slug":"hollywood-ai-listers-is-the-technology-ready-to-rival-flesh-and-blood-film-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/hollywood-ai-listers-is-the-technology-ready-to-rival-flesh-and-blood-film-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line \u2013 or just around the corner<\/p>\n

\u2018Don\u2019t fear the dead \u2013 and don\u2019t fear me.\u201d An exact facsimile of a young Val Kilmer, not quite dead and not quite alive, utters that baiting line in the trailer for the new western As Deep as the Grave. Director Coerte Voorhees knows exactly what he is doing \u2013 this is an AI-created version of the late actor, approved by his family but bringing with it a heap of controversy about whether such technology could make flesh-and-blood thespians redundant.<\/p>\n

Not just yet, judging by the extended glimpse of the film released earlier this year<\/a>: it looks like a thirtysomething Kilmer, if a robot version had been sent back to the 1920s American wilderness by Skynet and, as well as being strangely rigid, had forgotten to download his voice, let alone his signature air of spacey shrewdness. Kilmer\u2019s estate signed off on it, citing his enthusiasm for new technology that expands storytelling, but surely he would have been dismayed by this freaky doppelganger.<\/p>\n

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\nAs a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line \u2013 or just around the corner
\n\u2018Don\u2019t fear the dead \u2013 and don\u2019t fear me.\u201d An exact facsimile of a young Val Kilmer, not quite dead and not quite alive, utters that baiting line in the trailer for the new western As Deep as the Grave. Director Coerte Voorhees knows exactly what he is doing \u2013 this is an AI-created version of the late actor, approved by his family but bringing with it a heap of controversy about whether such technology could make flesh-and-blood thespians redundant.
\nNot just yet, judging by the extended glimpse of the film released earlier this year: it looks like a thirtysomething Kilmer, if a robot version had been sent back to the 1920s American wilderness by Skynet and, as well as being strangely rigid, had forgotten to download his voice, let alone his signature air of spacey shrewdness. Kilmer\u2019s estate signed off on it, citing his enthusiasm for new technology that expands storytelling, but surely he would have been dismayed by this freaky doppelganger. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line \u2013 or just around the corner \u2018Don\u2019t fear the dead \u2013 and don\u2019t fear me.\u201d An exact facsimile of …<\/p>\n

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