Technology

By Jack Dunn According To The variety Director Brady Corbet is defending the use of AI in “The Brutalist” after facing heavy backlash for utilizing the controversial tech to alter Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian dialect and to create certain images in the film’s ending. “Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own,” Corbet said. “They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents. Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed. This was a manual process, done by our sound team and Respeecher in post-production. The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Fe...

In an exclusive report from Hollywood Press, it has been confirmed that Shahab Hosseini, Shirzad Rafiee, Eric Roberts, Michael Madsen, and Francesca Amiker will star in Ali Atshani’s upcoming film The American Protocol. Filming is set to begin later this year in Los Angeles. This marks the fourth Hollywood feature for acclaimed Iranian director Ali Atshani. The American Protocol is currently in pre-production, with principal photography expected to commence in late 2024. The film promises an exciting mix of international talent, including prominent Hollywood and Iranian actors. Michael Madsen, best known for his iconic roles in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs, will portray a rival candidate in the California gubernatorial race. Madsen’s career has spanned decades...

By Jessica Kiang According To The variety It has not been, it’s safe to say, an all-timer Venice Competition lineup. Despite that, rumor has it that the 81st edition’s jury, presided over by Isabelle Huppert and comprising filmmakers James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and actress Zhang Ziyi, took some time to come to their decisions during a prolonged deliberation session yesterday.  Speculation was also rife that, insofar as festival juries pay much attention to precedent, due to the string of high-profile US films that have won Venice in recent years (five of the last seven Golden Lions have gone to a US production, or in the case of last year’s “Poor Things,” co-production) they might h...