A High Court in London, UK has ruled Tyburn Film Productions can proceed with a lawsuit against Disney/Lucasfilm, in a case of ‘digital necromancy’, for using late actor Peter Cushing's CG likeness in the 2016 feature “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”:
“…introduced in the ‘Star Wars’ feature ‘A New Hope’ as ‘Grand Moff Tarkin’, Industrial Light & Magic used advanced computer-generated technology to ‘resurrect’ the dead Cushing for several scenes in ‘Rogue One’.
“There is reportedly an agreement that Cushing signed with the studio, that would prevent the reproduction of his likeness through special effects without prior consent…”
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