Bruce Willis and Marilyn Monroe could star together thanks to AI trickery

Adrien Brody, who features as playwright and one-time Marilyn Monroe spouse Arthur Miller in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, says elements of the story adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 bestselling fictionalized novel, are “terrifying” but hopefully lead to a feeling of empathy for the woman behind the cultural icon.

Blonde, taking to TikTok to call out the film for adding to society's obsession with "fetishising female pain".Watch Below: Emily Ratajkowski on Marilyn Monroe biopicDirected by Andrew Dominik, Blonde has been hit with an onslaught of backlash over its depiction of Monroe's life, glorifying the exploitation of the movie star—and all women—in Hollywood and in her personal life.Ratajkowski stands with those slamming the film, heading to her TikTok to share the many other women in Hollywood who have had their struggles and pain glamorised and glorified."So I’ve been hearing a lot about this Marilyn Monroe movie, Blonde, which I haven’t seen yet, but I'm not surprised to hear it’s yet another movie fetishising female pain, even in death.""We love to fetishise female pain.""We love to fetishise female pain. Look at Amy Winehouse.

Zack Sharf Bruce Willis did not sell his rights to a deepfake studio, despite reports of the contrary that recently went viral online. The Telegraph reported at the end of Sept. that Willis made history as “the first Hollywood star to sell his rights to allow a ‘digital twin’ of himself to be created for use on screen.” While a “digital twin” of Willis was created by the deepfake company Deepcake to be used in an advertisement for the Russian telecoms company MegaFon, Deepcake does not own the rights to Willis’ image or to his “digital twin.” Willis’ representative confirmed to Variety that “there is no partnership or agreement that exists between Bruce and Deepcake.” A spokesperson for Deepcake told Variety the same, adding, “The rights to Bruce Willis’ image [and] to his Digital Twin belong to Bruce Willis and to him only.”

A deepfake of Bruce Willis sparked widespread confusion about AI technology and legal rights online - prompting the retired actor's agent to confirm that Willis did not sell the rights to his digital likeness. According to Reuters, a Russian firm called Deepcake created a realistic AI-generated image of Bruce Willis in a commercial for Megafon, a Russian telecoms company, in 2021.

Blonde, the new Netflix film based on the 2000 novel Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates has topped the charts upon its release, with critics and viewers alike praising its powerful portrayal of the actress's troubled life.  Netflix's Blonde launched on Friday, September 23 and has remained at the top of the Netflix film charts. The film stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe and reveals to viewers more about the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe.

Bruce Willis has denied reports that he’d licensed the use of his image to a deepfake company, after formally announcing his retirement earlier in the year.Last week, the Daily Mail reported that Willis sold his likeness to Deepcake – a Russian company specialising in AI-powered content optimisation – shortly before he learned of his aphasia diagnosis. The actor’s condition was made public back in March, when a statement confirming it was shared alongside the news that Willis would retire from the film industry after 44 years.In their report, the Daily Mail claimed that Willis’ digital likeness had been licensed for use in future film projects, though his estate would have the final say in what projects it appeared in.

Only Bruce Willis has the rights to Bruce Willis’s face, it transpires.

The gifts from this birthday party 60 years ago just keep on coming.Marilyn Monroe’s sultry rendition of “Happy Birthday” during a gala celebrating President John F. Kennedy’s 45th birthday at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, was followed by an exclusive afterparty at the East 69th Street townhouse of then-Democratic National Committee co-chairman Arthur Krim and his wife, Dr.

Bruce Willis could make a surprise return to acting after selling the rights to allow a “digital twin” of himself to be created. Willis, 67, struck the deal last year with Delaware-based artificial intelligence company Deepcake, before retiring due to his aphasia diagnosis. Engineers at the AI-powered content optimisation web platform created an ultra-realistic digital likeness of the Die Hard star by putting images of his face into their network and can now use both his moving and talking image within films and TV productions.

It looks like Bruce Willis isn’t done with film just yet.

even after his retirement.The 67-year-old actor sold his image rights to Deepcake, an artificial intelligence-powered content optimization platform, after he was diagnosed with aphasia — a brain disorder that affects his ability to communicate — last year, according to the Daily Mail.Engineers at the Delaware-based company created a “digital twin” of Willis, putting images of his face into their AI platform where they’re able to create film projects in a matter of days.The Post has reached out to Willis’ reps for comment.The “Die Hard” actor’s deepfake already made its debut in August 2021 when his face was “grafted” onto Konstantin Solovyov for a commercial for MegaFon, a Russian telecommunications company.“With the advent of the modern technology, I could communicate, work and participate in filming, even being on another continent,” Willis said in a testimony on Deepcake’s website after the advertising project. “It’s a brand new and interesting experience for me, and I grateful to our team.”The technology used content from “Die Hard” and “Fifth Element,” so the actor’s face will be similar to images from those films.“I liked the precision of my character.

Die Hard star stepped away from acting earlier this year after being diagnosed with aphasia – a condition that affects language and speech. Now, Bruce, 67, has become the first Hollywood star to sell his rights to the tech firm Deepcake, allowing his moving and talking image to be used in films and TV and for movie actors past and present to star on screen together. As revealed in the documentary Tech To The Future, the groundbreaking deal paves the way for dead performers to be brought back to life, with Bruce previously ‘starring’ in a Russian phone advert with engineers attaching his digitally-created head to a human body double.

's portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in (streaming Friday, September 30 on Netflix) is all anyone can talk about these days. But the movie, which chronicles Monroe's career as well as her tumultuous relationships, is just one of many modern interpretations of the late actor's life.

James Martin discuss his weight lossPhillip Schofield and Holly pay their respects to the QueenQueen's Coffin: Charlie Stayt meets members of the public in queueJames Whale clashes with Scottish caller during interviewWatch: Bloodlands series 2 trailerHorsepower: Trailer from Amazon Prime VideoGogglebox cast react to the passing of Queen Elizabeth IIDavid Beckham pays respects to Queen Elizabeth II's coffinSadiq Khan says to anti-royalist protesting 'Is this the best way?'Meghan praised for meeting with royal well-wishersGood Morning Britain guests get in a row over bankers bonus capLeah Bracknell: ITV pay tribute to late Emmerdale actressBen Miller returns as Professor TGB News: Ellie Costello told to switch off camerasEamonn Holmes: 'I was the Queen's favourite presenter'Queen: Russell Myers explains timings of coffin processionBruce Willis could star alongside Marilyn Monroe in a new Hollywood blockbuster thanks to mind-blowing advances in artificial intelligence. Movie actors past and present can now star on screen together without stepping in front of a camera, as revealed in a new documentary Tech To The Future.

Liza Foreman When Cuban-Spanish actor Ana de Armas was asked to play Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s Netflix feature “Blonde,” she spent months preparing and studying for the role. “It was very important to discover the real woman and bring all of those elements together,” she said Saturday at the San Sebastian Film Festival. “My idea of Marilyn in the past was quite elementary,” she said at a press conference. “I knew her films and little more. To get to know her story was fascinating for me. She represented the dream that we all want to be. So what could go so wrong? I now respect her much more, and understand her better and could humanize her much more, and give her more credit for the effort she put into things.”

Ana de Armas needed to convince Netflix that she could be Marilyn Monroe. She was already the first choice of director Andrew Dominik, whose film “Blonde,” a surrealist vision of the life and death of the screen legend, had been reportedly cast with various leading ladies before alighting on de Armas, but “Knives Out” — the hit film in which the previously little-known performer sat at the center of the mystery — hadn’t yet come out. In 2019, few knew her name. De Armas brought her accent coach to the in-person screen test with Netflix. “I hadn’t had the training and the voice and everything,” says de Armas, who was born and raised in Cuba. “So my coach was crouching on the floor, under the table.” The stakes were high. “I just knew that everything we did that day was going to be the definitive test of the movie to be greenlit or not.” The scene was one in which Monroe pleads with husband Joe DiMaggio to let her move to New York so that she can “start from zero, away from Hollywood,” de Armas recalls; passion had to enter Monroe’s voice, all as the woman under the table fed de Armas the proper pronunciations of the lines.