AI Brings Actor Val Kilmer Back to Movies
Apr 16, 2026, 15:21
Introduction
A new movie is called As Deep as the Grave. It uses AI to show actor Val Kilmer.
Main Body
Val Kilmer was an actor. He died in April 2025. He did not film any scenes before he died. The movie team used a company called Sonantic. They made his voice using old recordings. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, helped make his face with AI. Val Kilmer plays a priest in the movie. He is in the movie for one hour. He looks young and old. The movie team paid his family. Other actors use AI too. Bruce Willis and Michael Caine use digital twins or AI voices. But some actors, like Tom Hanks, do not like this.
Conclusion
Some famous actors do not like this technology. But this movie shows a new way to make films with AI.