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AI-Generated Andy Warhol to Narrate New Netflix Documentary Series
Continuing a trend that has been controversial among filmmakers, a new Andy Warhol documentary series, coming to Netflix next month, will resurrect the Pop artist using artificial intelligence. In the show, Warhol can be heard reading from his diaries. That voice, however, is not the artist's own but rather the product of AI made to sound like him. Andrew Rossi, who created the series, titled The Andy Warhol Diaries, undertook this unusual measure with the Andy Warhol Foundation's permission, according to a trailer released by Netflix on Wednesday. The series also portrays the AI-generated narration as something Warhol himself would've wanted.
I Dragged Myself Away From My Kid for the Month's Biggest Movie. Worth It.
If I'd known a movie version of Uncharted was soon coming out, I would have been a bit more guarded about admitting I'm a huge fan of the game to my editor. I am a fan, but I'm also a parent now, and I can't just leave the house on a whim for some entertainment. I need to hire a nanny to watch my kid, and like ordering popcorn and Twizzlers, that factors into the cost of catching a flick. This was this the first movie we've seen in a theater since Musa was born. I'm still waiting for the new Spider-Man to make it to streaming platforms, which is the only way my wife and I get to scratch our movie itch these days.
Ryan Murphy Resurrected Andy Warhol's Voice with AI Technology for Netflix
"I don't think you'll ever figure [Andy] Warhol out, and I hope no one ever does," art critic Donna de Salvo says in the trailer for Netflix's upcoming docuseries, The Andy Warhol Diaries. Ironically, though, it is that very series--with the help of Warhol's diaries and some artificial intelligence--attempting to do just that. The Andy Warhol Diaries, a six-part series from super-producer Ryan Murphy will explore the life of the artist, from his birth in Pittsburgh to Austria-Hungarian immigrants to his immense fame, various relationships, and eventual death. For over ten years beginning in 1976, Warhol would often call up his longtime friend, journalist Pat Hackett, and dictate his diary to her, which she later edited and published in 1989. Now, Murphy and director Andrew Rossi are using Warhol's own words, and the testimonials of everyone from John Waters and Debbie Harry to Rob Lowe, to dive into the still-mysterious life of the icon.
James Gunn Takes Dig At Rotten Tomatoes For Mistakenly Featuring DCEU Poster With MCU Title
Rotten Tomatoes recently shared a list of DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movies to explain the timeline. However, they mistakenly featured the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie, "Guardians of the Galaxy" title in that list. This mistake has not gone down well with director James Gunn, who was quick to take a dig at the list. Gunn reposted Rotten Tomatoes's tweet on Wednesday, and wrote, "I'm surprised Guardians is after Birds of Prey in the DCEU timeline." The comment came after the DCEU timeline featured a poster of Gunn's recently released TV series, "Peacemaker," but the title was written "Guardians of the Galaxy."