Recreating 'The Magnificient Ambersons' With AI
looorg writes:
Since there is apparently nothing these days that can't be improved by some AI. The Amazon fueled AI-company Fable Studio wants to re-create the chopped 43 minutes of Orson Welles movie "The Magnificent Ambersons". The recreation will be done from set images and other sources. The original was re-cut after RKO thought the movie was too long and that the ending was not happy enough. A new ending was created.
But it won't have any commercial re-release and is purely a noncommercial academic project, due to rights and ownership. Also it might not be Welles more famous work so there might not be anything more then a minor cult following and not any kind of commercial success. So they do it cause they can and "AI" something something.
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