George Lucas' Dead Celebrity Extravaganza.

[MouthForWar]

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[MekaGojira3k]

So George Lucas has become a full fledged Mad Scientist.
Excellent.

[The Shadow]

I'm puzzled as to why this seems to be a big deal. Lots of people all over Hollywood (and television) have been working on this concept for years now.


The 1997 Dirt Devil ad with Fred Astaire (footage from Royal Wedding I believe); although to be completely fair, the Dirt Devil ad puts their product into an existing clip rather than excising and recompiling clips of Astaire for their commericial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ix5IYz0cc


In 2005 Volkswagon did that ad using Gene Kelley's likeness (from Singin' in the Rain).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYe7PA1jUjk

Ford had a commercial a few years ago for the 2005 Mustang using Steve McQueen's likeness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzXHq7gKN8


Perhaps the most notable movie use in recent years may be Laurence Olivier's posthumous appearance in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (an under-appreciated film if I ever saw one, it would have done better in theaters without Paramount's meddling).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqGBt0124bY


And of course there was Bryan Singer's use of Marlon Brando's image (and lines) for Superman Returns in 2006.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_x-HE_ya8

[lhb412]

^Those were (mostly) actual performances re-purposed.

This won't be those stars: if they make a new Marx Brothers movie it won't actually be the Marx Brothers. It'll be creepy CGI renderings of them with voice actors impersonating their voices.

[MouthForWar]

[Einstürzende]

False.

http://www.collider.com/2010/12/07/geor ... ad-actors/

[Shonokin]

But CGI dead people at all!

[canofhumdingers]

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From Deadline:

[MouthForWar]

That makes me sick.

[kidnicky]

[MekaGojira3k]

[Henry88]

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[lhb412]

I'm wondering if digitally resurrected Peter Cushing and giving him as much screentime as they did was essentially a test run for even more ambitious resurrections?

If they really wanted to make his part seamless they could've done a lot of workarounds: made his shots briefer and had the majority of his time as a communication hologram. Putting him in front of you for so long makes you see through the illusion more and more, but it makes sense if the impetus was less about serving the film as it was testing the waters.

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StarWars.com:


THR:

"We are still hurting from her loss."

THR DECEMBER 11, 2015:

The actor's 2013 death didn't kill his character: VFX artists, with the help of his two brothers, created 350 shots to keep him on the screen.

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