🎬 Another milestone moment for Metaphysic.ai: "Here" has finally hit theaters - a journey that began with a small startup team in Summer 2022 and pushed a big part of our technological innovation to date.
Working with visionary filmmakers Bob Zemeckis and Kevin Baillie, we took on what seemed impossible: creating nearly an hour of photorealistic de-aged human faces across multiple ages, delivering emotionally charged performances. What started as a carefully considered leap of faith turned into a new industry benchmark for one of VFX's greatest challenges - the human face.
One of the transformational elements and keys to success was providing real-time de-aging technology that allowed actors Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly to see and adjust their performances as their younger selves on set - a first in film history. Their enthusiasm and public praise for the tool has been incredibly validating.
This project is a testament to how AI, well integrated into the VFX pipeline and put in the hands of great artists, can serve as a powerful tool in the filmmaking process, unlocking creative possibilities and enabling filmmakers to tell stories in ways that were previously out of reach.
None of this would have been possible without the extraordinary talent and dedication of our our teams at Metaphysic.ai and my excellent supervision team: Thomas Salama, Chris Ume, Simon Deckers, Matteo Olivieri Dancey, Terry Bannon, Aaron Noordally, Tomas Koutsky & VFX Producer Chris Smith, LP Yasmine Häusler and EP Tom Graham.
I invite you to experience this remarkable journey through time for yourself.
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