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After digitally recreating the late actor Peter Cushing's likeness for 2016's "Star Wars: Rogue One," Disney is being sued for doing so.

Disney Sued for Bringing Actor Back From the Dead for “Star Wars” Movie

By Noor Al-Sibai

Disney has come under fire after a video resurfaced showing horribly CGI-generated background actors in the movie "Prom Pact."

Artificial Intelligence

Disney Mocked for Ludicrously Fake CGI “Actors” in Crowd Scene

By Victor Tangermann

The AI-powered Wonder Studio allows users to automatically replace real actors with convincing CGI characters — with a simple drag and drop.

Mind-Blowing Video Editing App Can Replace Actors With CGI With a Simple Drag and Drop

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Netflix's new romcom "You People" allegedly used CGI to make it look like it actors Jonah Hill and Lauren London were kissing.

Netflix Romcom Allegedly Used CGI to Make Jonah Hill Kiss Lauren London

By Frank Landymore

Marvel, Genius Brands and POW! Entertainment singed a 20-year deal that allow them to insert creator Stan Lee in films and Disney theme parks via CGI.

Marvel Signs Deal to Insert CGI Stan Lee Cameos Into Future Films

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Legendary production company Lucasfilm has hired a YouTuber who impressed them with stunning, photorealistic deepfakes of "Stars Wars" franchise characters.

Lucasfilm Hires Random Guy Who Made Amazing Luke Skywalker Deepfake

By Victor Tangermann

Tech companies have devleoped tools that allow them to retroactvely insert product placement into existing movies, TV shows, and music videos.

Science & Energy

A Startup Is Using CGI to Insert Product Placements Into Old TV and Movies

By Dan Robitzski

A creator on YouTube created a CGI version of himself using a powerful new app — and used it to prank his friends on a video call.

Virtual Reality

This Guy Made a CGI Version of Himself to Fool His Friends on Videochat

By Tony Ho Tran

Epic Games plans to release a browser tool that will quickly create almost-photorealistic CGI characters with the Unreal Engine.

Science & Energy

New Browser App Lets You Create Photorealistic Fake People

By Dan Robitzski

New animation tech can create a virtual represenation of a dog after filming it with a single camera, no motion capture suit needed.

Science & Energy

New Motion Capture Tech Could Digitize Your Dog Into Video Games

By Dan Robitzski

A memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter suggests that distributor Universal has notified thousands of theaters that they'll receive a new "Cats" version.

The “Cats” Movie Was So Awful They Patched It

By Victor Tangermann

Hollywood legend James Dean will rise from the dead to make a computer-generated appearance in in an upcoming film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Hollywood Legend James Dean to be Reconstructed in CGI for Movie

By Victor Tangermann

A new CGI system can create a fully-rendered video game character based on a performer's motion capture data in real time.

Robots and Machines

Amazing Tech Turns You Into a CGI Character In Real Time

By Dan Robitzski

The upcoming "Cats" movie will use something called "digital fur technology" to turn stars like Taylor Swift into giant cats.

Science & Energy

“Digital Fur Technology” Will Turn Taylor Swift Into a Cat

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a gigantic Amazon drone mothership blimp is making the rounds online. It's creepy and fun, but it's also completely fake.

Advanced Transport

Good News, People: That Amazon Mothership Blimp is Fake

By Dan Robitzski

cgi realism japanese telkuya

Welcome to the Era of the Computer-Generated Human

By Michelle Lee