Big Profit For Dead Stars

Jan. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- George Lucas is at it again as Hollywood is reeling from reports that Lucasfilms is buying the rights to deceased actors and actresses! Breaking new ground in media the Star Wars Dream maker is about to unleash something new and for some terrifying! Hailed as the one person who most influenced  film in the 21st century he is now creating a world where anyone can soon build models of anything (including people), Some may remember when Steven Spielberg toyed with the idea of using Marilyn Monroe in one of his using a 1990's program called "Virtual Marilyn". Back then, the quality simply wasn't good enough but it's a new game today as computer technology continues to expand our abilities to create the heretofore unimaginable.

As far as the law is concerned licensing and deceased celebrities are usually represented by their estates who sell and license their images. Now it seems private Investors, independent filmmakers and Hollywood producers might soon be lining up to buy up the rights to use likenesses of deceased movie stars in their new films. Done properly, computer animators can change history on film. Imagine placing Bruce Lee finally playing the role he created as Kung Fu the Television series or Marilyn Monroe opposite Denzel Washington in a Torrid Romance. What about the return of the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers opposite Gene Tierney or Ray Milland? Are we  ready for a new Elvis musical, or another Bing Crosby White Christmas?
One thing is for sure when looking at the potential dollars to be made don't bet against it.

Currently "Lucasfilm has issued statements to the contrary". But, Savvy businessmen aren’t falling for it and soon there could be a mad rush by industry moguls to buy up rights (many remember when Walt Disney was buying up land in central Florida he denied it to the press to keep the prices down) Now the biggest money maker since dot coms could be dead celebrities!
One could argue that there is always room for improvement in storytelling and movies, and who is to say that using technology is automatically going to make it undesireable? But now we are in a generation that never heard of a significant majority of Hollywood’s Golden age stars the same generation that grew up with characters in 3D video games computer-generated characters that to them are authentic personalities.
We are entering a new age where creating digital effects isn’t just pushing buttons – it is art and emotion created in a 21st century medium. In our comics video games we create completely believable humans that then become movie vehicles now the opposite is occuring and real people are becoming the computerized characters and although there will always be a need for actors, the actors of the past brought something undefinable to their performances. But soon (now, really) actors won't have to have a certain look, technology can make them look the way the director desires.

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