The World Ahead | Culture in 2024
AI will transform every aspect of Hollywood storytelling
But it will also cause more friction
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By Alexandra Suich Bass
Reunions offer a chance to reflect on how much has changed. One will happen during the coming year in Hollywood when “Here” premieres, bringing together the actors, director and writer behind “Forrest Gump” 30 years later for a new, unrelated film. Set in a single room over decades, “Here” is very much a film of the here and now. The stars, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, will be “de-aged” using new ai tools, rendering them more youthful in some scenes and enabling the film-makers to see the transformation in real time while shooting.
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This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2024 under the headline “Once upon AI time…”