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Reminds of "The Congress" by Ari Folman. "Robin Wright is an aging actress with a reputation for being fickle and unreliable, so much so that nobody is willing

by yoavm 9y ago

Reminds of "The Congress" by Ari Folman. "Robin Wright is an aging actress with a reputation for being fickle and unreliable, so much so that nobody is willing to offer her roles. [...] Robin agrees to sell the film rights to her digital image to Miramount Studios in exchange for a hefty sum of money and the promise to never act again. After her body is digitally scanned, the studio will be able to make films starring her, using only computer-generated characters." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)

qbrass 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film) "When Nicola Anders, the star of out-of-favor director Viktor Taransky's new film, refuses to finish it, Taransky is forced to find a replacement. Contractual requirements totally prevent using her image in the film, so he must re-shoot. Instead, Viktor experiments with a new computer program he inherits from late acquaintance Hank Aleno which allows creation of a computer-generated woman which he can easily animate to play the film's central character. Viktor names his virtual actor "Simone", a name derived from the computer program's title, Simulation One."
- IncRnd 9y ago
  Actually Happened (not a movie plot) http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/kellimarshall/clips/Astaire_DirtDevil2.mp4/view http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/kellimarshall/clips/A... "The late Fred Astaire 'dances with' a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. This controversial ad, okayed by Astaire's daughter but protested by his widow, inspired "the Astaire Bill," which was passed in 1999 to 'eliminate the exceptions and place the burden of proof on those using celebrity images, forcing them to show that their use is protected by the First Amendment.'"
  - qbrass 9y ago
    I remember that commercial, and Audrey Hepburn's chocolate commercial. And Bill Clinton's role in Contact. More recently there was also some news about actors having to double check their contracts to make sure they didn't sign away the rights to 3D scans of them being used outside of the film they were in.
    - IncRnd 9y ago
      > More recently there was also some news about actors having to double check their contracts to make sure they didn't sign away the rights to 3D scans of them being used outside of the film they were in. Yikes! An actor works once and would never work again.
      - jerf 9y ago
        If that sort of thing becomes commonplace, that won't be an issue, because they'll never work at all, and actor will slowly but surely cease to exist as a profession at the high end. See the comments upthread about Hatsune Miku and such; Japan is much farther down this road than the US is.
rglover 9y ago
Future contracts with the phrase "face and body royalties." Creepy.
- sp332 9y ago
  That reminds me of Novint (who made the Falcon haptic interface) inventing haptic copyright licenses and then buying exclusive rights from game companies for ~$40,000 each. http://www.hawkassociates.com/clients/press/full_news.cfm?client_id=7&news_id=1478 http://www.hawkassociates.com/clients/press/full_news.cfm?cl...

by yoavm 9y ago

qbrass 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film) "When Nicola Anders, the star of out-of-favor director Viktor Taransky's new film, refuses to finish it, Taransky is forced to find a replacement. Contractual requirements totally prevent using her image in the film, so he must re-shoot. Instead, Viktor experiments with a new computer program he inherits from late acquaintance Hank Aleno which allows creation of a computer-generated woman which he can easily animate to play the film's central character. Viktor names his virtual actor "Simone", a name derived from the computer program's title, Simulation One."

IncRnd 9y ago
Actually Happened (not a movie plot) http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/kellimarshall/clips/Astaire_DirtDevil2.mp4/view http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/kellimarshall/clips/A... "The late Fred Astaire 'dances with' a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. This controversial ad, okayed by Astaire's daughter but protested by his widow, inspired "the Astaire Bill," which was passed in 1999 to 'eliminate the exceptions and place the burden of proof on those using celebrity images, forcing them to show that their use is protected by the First Amendment.'"
- qbrass 9y ago
  I remember that commercial, and Audrey Hepburn's chocolate commercial. And Bill Clinton's role in Contact. More recently there was also some news about actors having to double check their contracts to make sure they didn't sign away the rights to 3D scans of them being used outside of the film they were in.
  - IncRnd 9y ago
    > More recently there was also some news about actors having to double check their contracts to make sure they didn't sign away the rights to 3D scans of them being used outside of the film they were in. Yikes! An actor works once and would never work again.
    - jerf 9y ago
      If that sort of thing becomes commonplace, that won't be an issue, because they'll never work at all, and actor will slowly but surely cease to exist as a profession at the high end. See the comments upthread about Hatsune Miku and such; Japan is much farther down this road than the US is.

rglover 9y ago

Future contracts with the phrase "face and body royalties." Creepy.

sp332 9y ago
That reminds me of Novint (who made the Falcon haptic interface) inventing haptic copyright licenses and then buying exclusive rights from game companies for ~$40,000 each. http://www.hawkassociates.com/clients/press/full_news.cfm?client_id=7&news_id=1478 http://www.hawkassociates.com/clients/press/full_news.cfm?cl...