Val Kilmer’s Infamous AI Revival In New Adventure Movie Emotionally Defended By Daughter

Val Kilmer’s daughter, Mercedes, emotionally defends her late father’s infamous revival through artificial intelligence in a new adventure movie.

During an appearance on the Today show, Mercedes Kilmer defended her late father’s AI revival in the new movie, As Deep as the Grave:

It started off as a way to overcome the limitations of his illness, but then it evolved into something that he really was like, “Oh, wait. I have a chance to actually set a precedent.” It’s kind of fallen into two camps. People that maybe have a more precarious position in the industry and are worried and see AI as a threat — which is absolutely valid — and younger people, younger actors and musicians. I’m a musician and a lot of people that I know are so scared of this technology. At the same time, I’ve gotten a lot of like really good responses from people — older people, people maybe more established in the industry — that see it as a way to protect that actors’ ownership of their IP. We have to contend with this technology one way or the other. And avoiding it, it’s not necessarily the way. It’s much easier to structure the rights if you proactively license something.

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Runtime

111 minutes

Director

Coerte Voorhees

Writers

Coerte Voorhees

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  Abigail Breslin

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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  Abigail Lawrie

  Ann Axtell Morris