Disney has a legal challenge to contend with after using CGI to revive a dead actor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The 2016 Star Wars film features the likeness of actor Peter Cushing, who plays ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lawsuit, which was launched in 2019, was brought by London-based film company Tyburn Film Productions, founded by Kevin Francis, one of Cushing's oldest friends. It ...

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 ...

'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' director Gareth Edwards sits down with CNN's Frank Pallotta to discuss fan backlash against the CGI versions of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in the film.

5 things you never knew about Star Wars: Rogue One’s CGI characters (Carrie Fisher thought it was old footage) By Bradley Russell published 5 April 17 Movie News Movie News ...