Filmmaker James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. based the likeness of an “Avatar” character on the features of indigenous actress Q’orianka Kilcher without her permission, she said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Cameron allegedly traced Kilcher’s lower facial features and directed artists to create physical sculptures and digital models based on her likeness for the 2009 blockbuster film.
Curious to see how this turns out. I’m not sure I agree that using an old picture as a springboard for character design is “stealing” someone’s likeness.
Not like it’s a carbon copy of the actor. We’re several films into this franchise and the lawsuit only came about after Cameron admitted to it in a recent interview.
Wouldn’t be surprised if someone is pulling strings to push this case specifically to force a court to decide how different a “likeness” needs to be so that all the AI production companies have a line in the sand they can cuddle up close to and still feel like they get to keep all their profits out of the hands of greedy actors and safely in the hands of hard-working producers and CEOs… Whether that is paying her to file the suit, or paying Cameron to have said it in an interview to give reason, or hell, both.
Curious to see how this turns out. I’m not sure I agree that using an old picture as a springboard for character design is “stealing” someone’s likeness.
Not like it’s a carbon copy of the actor. We’re several films into this franchise and the lawsuit only came about after Cameron admitted to it in a recent interview.
Yeah, while it’s a little creepy/weird how it played out (if you read the full story), I’m pretty sure every artist has used real people as muses.
If we’re going to let AI run amok recreating people, this seems kinda like a moot issue.
Wouldn’t be surprised if someone is pulling strings to push this case specifically to force a court to decide how different a “likeness” needs to be so that all the AI production companies have a line in the sand they can cuddle up close to and still feel like they get to keep all their profits out of the hands of greedy actors and safely in the hands of hard-working producers and CEOs… Whether that is paying her to file the suit, or paying Cameron to have said it in an interview to give reason, or hell, both.