Netflix Recreates Gene Wilder’s Voice Using AI For ‘The Golden Ticket’
Netflix is using AI to recreate the voice of the late Gene Wilder for its new Willy Wonka competition series, 'The Golden Ticket'.
📍 The outcome
Netflix used an AI-generated voice of Gene Wilder for its Willy Wonka competition series, The Golden Ticket. While the late actor's wife gave her blessing, the production faced backlash and was described as controversial.
Epilogue added 52d ago, after coverage quieted.
Questions people are asking
What is the name of the Netflix show?
The competition series is titled 'The Golden Ticket'.
Did Gene Wilder's family approve of the AI voice?
According to Variety, the late actor's wife gave her blessing for the use of the AI-generated voice.
Which outlets reported on the AI recreation?
The Verge, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline all reported on the use of AI to recreate Wilder's voice.
What happened
Netflix has integrated an AI-generated version of Gene Wilder's voice into a reality competition show titled 'The Golden Ticket'. The production utilizes artificial intelligence to resurrect the late actor's vocal performance for the series.
Coverage from Variety, The Verge, The Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline emphasizes that the project received a blessing from Gene Wilder's wife. An official trailer for the show has also been released, as noted by Yahoo.
Future developments center on the release of the competition series and the deployment of the AI-recreated voice within the show's format.
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Who reported it (10)
- Rusty Goffe, Who Appeared in Original 1971 Willy Wonka Film, Is Reprising His Role as an Oompa-Loompa People.com · 55d ago
- Netflix faces backlash over AI-generated Gene Wilder voice for new Willy Wonka series Yahoo · 55d ago
- Netflix’s New Willy Wonka TV Show Is Already Controversial for This Reason Yahoo · 55d ago
- Netflix Is Doing a Willy Wonka Reality Show, With an AI Gene Wilder Voice Gizmodo · 55d ago
- Netflix Reanimates Gene Wilder for Abominable-Sounding Willy Wonka Game Show Consequence of Sound · 55d ago
- Netflix is using an AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in its Willy Wonka reality show The Verge · 55d ago
- Gene Wilder’s Voice Resurrected by AI for Netflix’s Willy Wonka Competition Series; Late Actor’s Wife Gives Blessing Variety · 55d ago
- Wonka's The Golden Ticket official trailer Yahoo · 55d ago
- Willy Wonka Competition Show at Netflix Uses AI to Re-Create Gene Wilder’s Voice The Hollywood Reporter · 55d ago
- Netflix Recreates Gene Wilder’s Voice Using AI For ‘The Golden Ticket’ Deadline · 55d ago broke it first
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