Stefan Mileschin

Dead stars are finding it easier to get work

James Dean has been cast as the star in a new, upcoming movie" despite suffering a disability where he lacks all seven requirements for biological life.

A digital clone of the actor — created using artificial intelligence technology like that used to generate deepfakes — will walk, talk and interact on screen with other actors in the film.

This is the second time Dean's digital clone has been lined up for a film. In 2019, it was announced he would be resurrected in CGI for Finding Jack, but it was later cancelled.

Travis Cloyd, chief executive of immersive media agency WorldwideXR (WXR), confirmed to BBC, however, that Dean will instead star in Back to Eden, a science fiction film in which "an out of this world visit to find truth leads to a journey across America with the legend James Dean".

The digital cloning of Dean also represents a significant shift in what is possible. His AI avatar can play a flat-screen role in Back to Eden and a series of subsequent films, but to engage with audiences in interactive platforms, including augmented reality, virtual reality and gaming.

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