Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film
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- Val Kilmer will be posthumously resurrected using AI for the film 'As Deep As the Grave'.
- Kilmer was originally attached to the project before his death from throat cancer in 2022.
- He will play Father Fintan, a role tailored to his advocacy for Native American rights and heritage.
- Director Coerte Voorhees collaborated with Kilmer's family, including his daughter Mercedes, to use AI for his performance.
- The film is based on archaeologists Ann and Earl Morris's work with the Navajo people in the 1920s.
- Tom Felton and Abigail Lawrie star as Earl and Ann, with Wes Studi and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in supporting roles.
- AI will recreate Kilmer using images from different decades of his life for a 'significant' portion of the film.
- Hollywood has increasingly used AI, as seen in 'The Brutalist' and voice replication deals with actors like McConaughey and Caine.
- Kilmer's life was previously documented in the 2021 film 'Val,' featuring archive footage and narration by his son.