The ‘Forrest Gump’ stars team-up again for Sony Pictures’ new movie set to be released this year on November 15th in turn setting a new benchmark for what is possible in cineworld & blending cutting-edge effects with technology.
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00:00In a pioneering move in the film industry, Hollywood stars Tom Hanks, 67, and Robin Wright, 58,
00:07are digitally de-aged for their roles in the upcoming film Hair, directed by Robert Zemeckis.
00:14The film, based on the graphic novel by Richard Negri, utilizes advanced visual effects technology
00:21to portray the characters across different periods of their lives.
00:26Hair tells the story of a single room and the various events that transpire within it for over centuries.
00:33To authentically depict the passage of time and the same characters at different ages,
00:38Zemeckis opted to use state-of-the-art de-aging technology.
00:43The innovative approach allows the characters, played by Hanks and Wright,
00:47to maintain consistency throughout the film, offering a seamless viewing experience.
00:53As mentioned in The Vanity Fair, the camera remains still on a single spot,
00:58showing the living room of an American house throughout the story for 104 minutes.
01:03Tom Hanks plays Richard and Robin Wright plays his girlfriend and later his wife, Marguerite.
01:10Robert Zemeckis, known for his inventive storytelling in films like Forrest Gump and Back to the Future,
01:17continues to push the boundaries of cinematic technology.
01:21The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does, Zemeckis said in a recent interview.
01:28It's actually never been done before.
01:30There are similar scenes in very early silent movies before the language of montage was invented.
01:36But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture, the director continued.
01:42Tom Hanks and Robin Wright previously starred together in Forrest Gump,
01:46which will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year.
01:49Here can be called a reunion of Forrest Gump as the director and the actors reunite along with Eric Roth,
01:56which co-wrote the upcoming film and also penned the 1994 film with Zemeckis.
02:01As it is set to be released on November 15 this year,
02:05here sets a new standard for what is possible in cinema,
02:08blending cutting-edge effects with powerful character-driven narratives.
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