AI-rendered Val Kilmer debuts in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ trailer
People watch a trailer for the upcoming film “As Deep as the Grave” featuring a character played by a generative AI version of Val Kilmer at CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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Val Kilmer poses for a portrait, Jan. 9, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The filmmakers behind “As Deep as the Grave,” the indie film that is using an artificial intelligence-rendered version of Val Kilmer in a prominent role, debuted a first look at the recreated actor Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
“Don’t fear the dead and don’t fear me,” Kilmer’s character, Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist, says at the end of the trailer.
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