A brand new biopic on the lifetime of Edith Piaf will use synthetic intelligence to permit the French star to relate her personal story, Warner Music and her property stated on Tuesday.
“Edith” is “in the final phase of development”, sources near Warner Music France stated, however no launch date has been scheduled.
The unveiling of the “innovative and revolutionary technological project using AI to re-create her voice and image”, the assertion stated, comes 60 years after Piaf’s loss of life.
It additionally follows the success of the Beatles’ newest launch “Now And Then” which, with just a little assist from AI, final week soared to the band’s first UK primary single in 54 years
Artificial intelligence helped isolate the late John Lennon’s vocals from a tape he recorded in 1978, two years earlier than he was murdered.
The two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney, aged 81, and Ringo Starr, 83, completed “Now And Then” final yr, together with the late George Harrison’s guitar elements recorded in 1995.
For the singer of French classics “La vie en Rose” and “Non, je ne regrette rien”, AI shall be fed lots of of voice and picture clips, some greater than 80 years previous, to re-create her distinctive fashion and “further enhance the authenticity and emotional impact of her story”.
Original recordings shall be used for her biggest hits, Warner stated.
The 90-minute movie will transfer between Paris and New York from 1920 to 1960 and be narrated by the singer’s voice, together with hitherto unknown “aspects of her life”.
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