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India Reincarnates Dead Stars

March 15, 2000


In Chennai, India, Penta Media, 3D Max Media and
Hewlett Packard have announced plans to produce a
film, STARWAY, which will star two deceased
Indian actors, brought back to life through CGI. The
TIMES OF INDIA reported that no decision has
been made on which stars would be reincarnated as
themselves. In regards to ethical concerns, the
newspaper published a comment from S.
Rangarajan, director of special effects at Media
Dreams: "This mixing of the real and unreal has a
dangerous dimension. In a country like India and
even in other parts of the world where people may
be credulous, what is projected on the screen can be
taken as real." This wouldn't be the first time dead
stars have been brought back to life. Humphrey
Bogart starred in an episode of TALES FROM THE
CRYPT; Fred Astair recently danced with a vacuum
cleaner in controversial Hoover ads; and John
Wayne has spent a good deal of his after-life as a
beer spokesman.

Read more about who should hold the rights to a
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Animation World Magazine article "Who's Data is
that Anyway?"

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