Welles's estate responded: “We saw the various articles on ‘Ambersons’ today. In general, the estate has embraced AI technology to create a voice model intended to be used for VO work with brands. That said, this attempt to generate publicity on the back of Welles’ creative genius is disappointing, especially as we weren’t even given the courtesy of a heads up,” a spokesperson for the Welles estate wrote. “While AI is inevitable, it still cannot replace the creative instincts resident in the human mind, which means this effort to make Ambersons whole will be a purely mechanical exercise without any of the uniquely innovative thinking or a creative force like Welles.”
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/orson-welles-estate-blasts-ai-magnificent-ambersons-ending-1236509523/ --Dave Sikula On Friday, September 5, 2025 at 9:26:51 AM UTC-7 Bob F wrote: > Apparently for an academic presentation at some point, not to make Warner > Bros (who own the video/digital/etc rights) and Concord Theatricals > (exhibition rights) re-release *The Magnificent Ambersons,* which RKO > edited heavily, and happyfied the ending, before the original one (and > burned the negatives!), leading Bernard Herrmann to request his music > credit also be removed: > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/orson-welles-lost-movie-ai-1236361881/ > (link) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/35fcb149-4fdf-4e49-9a70-1614dfd5706fn%40googlegroups.com.
