James Dean is “making” a new movie.

Really looking forward to see Dean back on the big screen. He sure did take a long sabbatical though, hope hes not rusty.

Inevitable, but I'm not paying for the stunt.

Come back to the five-and-dime, Jimmy Dean.

I've been waiting for them to try this for a few years now. It's inevitable.

The work involved in doing this is massive. For one thing, the person has been dead for 60 years plus so it means all the archival material has to come from that era. They want the modern film version to be as close as possible but in HD, will they have access to pictures that show his skin pores?
Will they be able to match his eyelash length etc?
What about his performance quirks?

Every little thing counts because the less accurate they are, the more people will be able to tell it isn't him, especially if they are familiar with his work.
For MM it is even harder because a woman portrait is more difficult since they have to be more subtle with facial detail, and then making her move in a way that is close to the actual person is more of a challenge.
I think they would need to find someone fairly close in the face-and do a merge to pull it off.
Al the work for nothing if the voice is off.

The Peter Cushing head was ok in some shots but not 100% convincing, and the voice was all wrong to make it even remotely believable.
Plus the actor was taller than the actual Cushing.
Selling a movie on a digital mask of a dead actor seems like just another way Hollywood is cannibalizing itself for a lack of new blood.
If they were sincere about finding new appealing actors they wouldn't need tricks like this.