Kilmer passed away in 2025 after battling throat cancer. Apparently his character will feature in over an hour of the movie.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/val-kilmer-ai-generated-new-movie-rcna264195
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It's just cheaper and people are not yet accepting AI actors, so bringing back a known actor is step 1.
Studios would LOVE to replace all the actors and writers with cheap AI slop.
I mean they already tried and faced massive backlash. So they're going about it more carefully now.