Tom Hanks says he will live on the big screen forever thanks to AI

Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks could live forever on the big screen with the help of artificial intelligence.

Hanks, 66, claims to have predicted the rise of AI in the movie industry 20 years ago and believes it will recreate him in movies long after he’s dead.

He said the powers of AI came to him when he made the 2004 computer-animated film The Polar Express, when he was reimagined as a digital train conductor.

“What is a bona fide possibility right now is – if I wanted to – that I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that I would star in, in which I would be 32 years old from now to the kingdom is coming,” said Hanks, speaking to British comedian Adam Buxton.

However, with the advancements of AI, teams behind the most recognizable celebrities are now scrambling to get these actors the copyrights to their famous faces.

“I can tell you that there are discussions going on in all guilds, all agencies and all law firms to determine the legal ramifications of my face and my voice and that everyone else is our intellectual property. said Hank.

“Anyone can now recreate themselves at any age through AI or deepfake technology.

“I could get run over by a bus tomorrow, and that’s all – but performances can go on and on.”

In January, Hanks and his longtime collaborator, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, announced that the pair would be using Deep Fake technology extensively in an upcoming film, Here, starring Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Robin Wright.

Zemeckis told reporters that the cast will “transform seamlessly into younger versions of themselves” in ways that “were impossible before.”

Although Zemeckis and Hanks won the 1994 Oscars for Best Director and Best Actor, respectively, for the special effects-heavy drama Forrest Gump, their high-tech collaborations weren’t always critically acclaimed.

Their 2004 holiday film The Polar Express broke new ground as the world’s first all-digital motion-capture film, but struggled with critics and the box office.

He said the powers of AI came to him when he made the 2004 computer-animated film The Polar Express, when he was reimagined as a digital train conductor

Polar Express took in just $30 million in the US during its opener, far short of the $70 million opening weekend of Pixar’s The Incredibles, its CGI family movie rival that same month.

Hanks and Zemeckis’ new film Here promises to be the first project to emerge from a deal between American talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents names such as Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts and Zendaya, and the Deep Fake technology company Metaphysic.

In a statement last January, Metaphysic said they hope to “unlock creative possibilities for artists using AI in film, television and [other] entertainment.’

There will be a graphic novel adaptation by Richard McGuire that jumps drastically between the eras of the protagonists’ lives.

For his part, Hanks told listeners of the Adam Buxton podcast that he didn’t think the success of projects like Here depended on the perfect and seamless deployment of Deep Fake technology.

“No doubt people will be able to see it, but the question is will they care?” said Hank. “There are people who don’t care, who don’t make that demarcation.”

Hanks also received credit for predicting the rise of AI technology in filmmaking during his collaboration with Zemeckis on Polar Express in 2004.

“We saw this coming,” Hanks said. “We saw that there would be an opportunity to take zeros and ones out of a computer and turn them into a face and a character.

“It’s only grown a billion times since then, and we’re seeing it everywhere.”

He predicted that there will come a time, not too far in the future, when technology will probably become indistinguishable from reality.

“Aside from realizing it’s being done by AI or deep fake,” Hanks said on the podcast, “there’s going to be nothing to tell you it’s not just me and me and it’s going to have some level of real-life quality .’

Hanks’ predictions match those of “Avengers” director Joe Russo, who believes AI will be making movies in just two years.

Russo explained in April that the technology will not only make movies, but will also be able to resurrect long-dead actors to play leading roles.

“Make me Doctor Strange,” Russo joked before speculating that he could “take Humphrey Bogart and put him in a movie with George Clooney.”