Overview
- Director Coerte Voorhees confirmed Kilmer will appear in a significant role after the actor died in 2025 without shooting any scenes.
- The team built his likeness and voice from a large family-provided archive of photos and footage using unspecified generative-AI tools.
- First Line Films released a preview image, published by Variety, showing the AI-rendered version of Kilmer in character.
- Mercedes Kilmer, and reportedly Jack Kilmer, backed the decision, citing the actor’s prior support for the project.
- The development comes as the film industry wrestles with AI’s effects on consent, compensation, transparency and creative work, with Kilmer previously using AI voice tech with Sonantic in 2022.