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Disney scraps ambitious AI plans for Moana and Tron amid legal risks and union concerns, reshaping Hollywood’s tech strategy.
The popular narrative is that workers in the movie and TV industries are set to be trampled by artificial intelligence. But ...
Disney Scraps Plan to Use AI Deepfake of Dwayne Johnson in Live-Action 'Moana' originally appeared on Parade. While Disney ...
Disney is moving forward with another live-action film, hoping to make a hit summer blockbuster with Moana , the story of the ...
We came dangerously close to Disney using a sure-to-be-creepy Dwayne Johnson deepfake AI for the live-action remake of Moana.
Disney’s live-action The Lion King featured only one single real shot. Every other part of Jon Favreau’s movie used CGI. The ...
Disney explored using AI in its feature films, including a deepfake Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in the live-action 'Moana' remake, but cut it from the final film.
Dwayne “Deep Fake” Johnson? Disney considered creating a “digital double” of Dwayne Johnson for the live-action Moana, in ...
Disney would then work with AI company Metaphysic to layer an AI-generated deepfake of Johnson’s face over his ...
Disney considered using AI to create a deepfake of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the upcoming live-action Moana.
The upcoming Moana live-action remake was originally set to feature an AI-assisted double of Dwayne Johnson, a move that the ...
Disney seriously considered using AI-generated deepfakes of Dwayne Johnson to digitally overlay his face onto body double Tanoai Reed, allowing for scenes when the real Dwayne Johnson couldn’t be on s ...