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In The Future Movie Stars May Be Performing Even After They're Dead

Sean Young appeared in Blade Runner in 1982. These stills show the actress digitally re-created for Blade Runner 2049. MPC/Columbia Pictures hide caption

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In The Future Movie Stars May Be Performing Even After They're Dead

March 5, 2018 • Technology is making many jobs obsolete. But even acting? The technology in the Academy Award-winning Blade Runner 2049 gives a glimpse of a future where digital actors will compete against live ones.

In The Future Movie Stars May Be Performing Even After They're Dead

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Amid Oscars Fanfare, Visual Effects Industry Faces Difficult Times

Life of Pi won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but the studio that helped bring to life the tiger Richard Parker is now facing bankruptcy in a increasingly volatile industry. AP via Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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Amid Oscars Fanfare, Visual Effects Industry Faces Difficult Times

February 26, 2013 • In a business where effects-laden movies bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, many of the studios that create those effects are barely staying afloat.