Of course, it wasn't pure AI. They had another actor play the part and use CGI to make it look like Cushing.
Bogart’s Maltese Falcon was a remake.
If you ever see the original, it has many of the exact same lines — but it’s a little flat in comparison.
What I was hoping for from CGI and AI is a new capability to show accuracy in epic historical tales such as massive battles and fleets, modernizing castles and siege armies, the vast scale of large events and the accuracy of large scale sets and equipment and people.
Of course, it wasn't pure AI. They had another actor play the part and use CGI to make it look like Cushing.
The big stars have estates which would have to approve such AI shenanigans. If this really took off and became a thing it would just underscore how creatively bankrupt big entertainment is.
There is a very short film that is currently going “viral” which features Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise having a fight on a rooftop. It’s all AI, it looks good, and it is running into problems because of Intellectual Property rights. Neither Pitt nor Cruise gave permission, so that’s a problem.
Depending on source materials, some AI projects might have to pay out a lot of money in order to get made.
I fully expect to one day see Elvis, Clark Gable or Marylin Monroe and so on in a new movie, but likely commercials will arrive first. Why not, the technology is there or almost there, imagine another decade or two of advances. The family and Estates could benefit of course.
Would it be any good, doubtful (in my mind) as the human element creative life spark can never be replaced. What about an overlay of live actor movements to over come this weakness, I again would say doubtful, unreal is always fake,
However new AI stars are certainly on the way and they don’t sit in their trailers and sulk or make outrageous demands or show up late on set etc.,
The library of desirable films from 1931 is pretty thin, but in about 10 years that will change dramatically. From just 1939 alone, you have Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Gone With the Wind.
In 1941, there were many great films that could be ripe for remake: Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, How Green Was My Valley, and High Sierra.
Of course, I don't feel confident that any of the films could be improved by AI, or any intelligence.
There’s an effort being made to restore Orson Welles’ director’s cut of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS using AI. The tests are impressive.
Sir Laurence Olivier in "Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow (2004)
The Maltese Falcon with Bogart is one of my favorite films. If AI could make a quality film with him as Sam Spade I’m all for it. But baby steps first. Let’s see if AI can first just make a 2-3 minute video clip with Bogart’s appearance, voice and mannerisms.
I’ve predicted for several years now that when the estate for a deceased major golden age actor/actress signs off on allowing their image and voice to be used in a new film and that film is a major success the floodgates will burst and the need for “live” actors/actresses will go “POOF”.
I also am looking forward to the new Bogart Bacall film.
But remember this is Hollyweird.
It may turn out that the estates may want to produce their own films and team up with other estates to create a set of casts for particular efforts.
There is a change coming.
“Now my question is will Hollywood ever produce new films from dead actors?”
Absolutely. If the dead actors’ heirs/families accept a cut and it’s legal, Hollywood will have a field day. Just imagine the “all star cast” of golden age stars, doing whatever the perverts in Hollyweird want them to do.
No, Hollywood does it backwards. They remake old movies with new actors. Generally with less skill in acting, directing, and editing.
Only example of a remake with new actors which was better than the original was the first Airplane movie, which was better than the original Zero Hour.
Ads will be the frontier for this before feature films. Next SuperBowl, we see Humphrey Bogart sitting in his darkened nightclub in Casablanca, trying to forget Ingrid Bergman. He holds up a bottle to the viewer, and says “This Bud’s for you, kid.”
Leave Bogart alone.
I’m only gonna say it once.
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What is the message of The Maltese Falcon?
The Maltese Falcon explores the importance of a personal code of ethics in a world of incompetent authorities and an imperfect criminal justice system.
They seen it coming
