2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” featured the return of the memorable Grand Moff Tarkin, who was played by the late Peter Cushing in the original “A New Hope.” Although Cushing died in 1994, ...
“Network’s” Peter Finch and “The Dark Knight’s” Heath Ledger famously won posthumous Oscars for emotionally riveting performances. Now, given a key digitally aided performance in “Rogue One,” we’re on ...
According to the legal team representing Tyburn, Cushing made the deal with them due to a situation with a TV movie that Cushing was going to do with the studio until the project fell apart. Tyburn’s ...
Things just got more complicated for The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm. This week, the legal saga over the digital “resurrection” of Peter Cushing, who was recreated via CGI as Grand Moff Tarkin ...
In brief: The ability to recreate the likeness of dead celebrities was always going to be a contentious area. Unsurprisingly, a company is going to trial over the technology being used to add a ...