Val Kilmer returns via AI as film-makers test Hollywood’s red line

‘As Deep as the Grave’ originally cast the late actor before the COVID pandemic to play a Catholic priest suffering from tuberculosis

The first images of late American film star Val Kilmer returning to the big screen courtesy of artificial intelligence were unveiled on Wednesday in Las Vegas, in what will likely stir debate over the technology’s role in Hollywood.

A youthful, digital version of Kilmer appears in the trailer for As Deep as the Grave, telling another character: “Don’t fear the dead and don’t fear me.”

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