YOU WONT BELIEVE: Metaphysic - What They Never Told You

Disney wanted to create a generative AI character for Tron: Ares and explored putting The Rock's head on a different body using deepfake tech for the live-action Moana remake

Disney has apparently tried - and failed - to make use of generative AI in two of its upcoming blockbusters

Total Film · Aug 4, 2025

Lisa Kudrow says Tom Hanks movie Here is ‘an endorsement for AI’

The former Friends star criticised the film which makes extensive use of an AI-driven tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age and face-swap actors

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024

This is how Tom Hanks was so convincingly de-aged in Here

Actors were able to watch their young selves in real time.

Creative Bloq · Nov 13, 2024

Robert Zemeckis Has Found His Latest Tech Tool With AI De-Aging — And That’s Good

The divisive director is once again using cutting-edge technology for its own sake, and that's pretty neat.

Inverse · Jan 31, 2023

Tom Hanks to be de-aged using AI in new film from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis

New artificial intelligence tool will be used ‘extensively’ in film set entirely within one room

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023