A robot will become a real-life movie star

In 1998, director Tony Kaye released "American History X," an unsettling drama focused on neo-Nazis. His next project could leave viewers just as uneasy, but for a different reason: because of its star, an artificially intelligent robot. On Wednesday, Deadline published a report revealing that Kaye plans to cast a robot as the lead in "2nd Born," a sequel to the 2018 indie comedy "1st Born." The report doesn't include many specifics on the robot star, other than that it will learn various acting methods and techniques prior to filming. However, Kaye hopes the performance will be enough to earn the bot recognition from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), meaning it could conceivably go up against human actors come awards season.