Despite her guild-protective outlook, Bateman is sharper than most on these issues. But the avalanche of capabilities is going to make things ever-weirder, ever

Despite her guild-protective outlook, Bateman is sharper than most on these issues. But the avalanche of capabilities is going to make things ever-weirder, ever-faster, no matter the labor negotiations & lobbying by incumbent studios & performers. We may be less than 10 years from sufficient computing power & algorithms enabling even hobbyist-level actors from rendering realistic Hollywood-like televisual entertainment with whatever actors & special-effect they choose, no matter what the law & contracts say. An underrated, dark/dystopian movie on related ideas is 2014's 'The Congress', starring Robin Wright as a fictionalized version of herself in the near future, streaming on Peacock & rentable everywhere else. Tip: read/view absolutely nothing about it for best effect.