Topic: orson welles
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Showrunner Aims to Use AI to Restore Lost Orson Welles Footage
Showrunner is using AI to recreate the lost footage from Orson Welles' *The Magnificent Ambersons*, which was drastically cut by the studio against his wishes. The project combines generative AI with historical research, using Welles' notes and digital face-swapping to approximate the original ca...
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Amazon-Backed AI Startup Creates Orson Welles Fan Fiction
An AI startup, Fable, backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund, is using generative technology to reconstruct the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles' 1942 film *The Magnificent Ambersons*, raising both technical and ethical questions. The project has not secured rights from the Welles estate, drawing criticism...
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AI Firm Aims to Recreate Lost Hollywood Masterpiece with Amazon Backing
Amazon is supporting an AI-driven project by Showrunner to reconstruct the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles' *The Magnificent Ambersons* using generative technology and traditional filmmaking. The process involves filming with live actors and applying AI face and pose transfer, using archival phot...
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