Tom Hanks.Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Hanksrecognizes — and appreciates — the power of artificial intelligence.
On an episode ofThe Adam Buxton Podcastreleased Sunday, the two-time Academy Award-winning actor chatted about the future of filmmaking the role AI will play.
“This has always been lingering,” Hanks, 66, said. “The first time we did a movie that had a huge amount of our own data locked in a computer — literally what we looked like — was a movie calledThe Polar Express.”
Hanks continued: “We saw this coming. We saw that there was going to be this ability in order to take zeros and ones inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character. Now, that has only grown a billionfold since then and we see it everywhere.”
TheForest Gumpactorthen said this shift inevitably affects contracts and how they need to protect actors' likenesses as intellectual property.
“I can tell you that there [are] discussions going on in all of the guilds, all of the agencies, and all of the legal firms in order to come up with the legal ramifications of my face and my voice — and everybody else’s — being our intellectual property,” Hanks said.
“What is a bona fide possibility right now, if I wanted to, [is] I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them in which I would be 32 years old from now until kingdom come,” the actor explained to host Adam Buxton.
Hanks and Buxton also chatted about whether the audience will be able to tell the difference between a real Hanks performance and an AI Hanks performance.
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“Without a doubt people will be able to tell, but the question is, will they care?” Hanks said. “There are some people that won’t care, that won’t make that delineation.”
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright.Brendon Thorne/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
HanksandRobin Wrightwill beexperimenting with new technologyfor an upcoming project together.
The production company is partnering with Metaphysic, an AI companyfamousfor its@DeepTomCruiseaccounts on social media, especially TikTok where it has amassed a following of 5 million users. The company also gained popularity onAmerica’s Got Talentfor its deepfakes.
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Herewill use the new tool Metaphysic Live to de-age the stars without any need for VFX or further work, according to a release.
“I’ve always been attracted to technology that helps me to tell a story,” Zemeckis said in a statement. “WithHere, the film simply wouldn’t work without our actors seamlessly transforming into younger versions of themselves. Metaphysic’s AI tools do exactly that, in ways that were previously impossible!”
He added, “Having tested every flavor of face replacement and de-aging technology available today, Metaphysic are clearly the global leaders in feature-quality AI content and the perfect choice for this incredibly challenging, emotional film.”
source: people.com
