AI Brings Val Kilmer Back to the Big Screen a Year After His Death

AI-generated Val Kilmer to star in new movie a year after actors' death

Top Gun star Val Kilmer, who was one of the best-paid actors in the 1990s, will play a priest in the forthcoming movie As Deep As The Grave, alongside a Harry Potter actor.

AI Brings Val Kilmer Back to the Big Screen a Year After His Death

Kilmer's estate approves plans to use generative AI to resurrect the late actor for a role in the historical drama As Deep As the Grave.

An AI Val Kilmer Is Starring in a New Movie

On Sunday, March 16, actor Val Kilmer was honored at the 2026 Oscars In Memoriam segment for his roles in films like The Doors, Tombstone, Batman Forever, and Top Gun. But while most people consider his appearance in Top Gun: Maverick as his last role, production company First Line Films says there’s one more movie Kilmer was a part of — one he never even filmed.  On March 18, Kilmer’s estate and First Line Films announced that the upcoming dr…

AI-Rendered Val Kilmer to Posthumously Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' Movie

The late Val Kilmer will be back on the big screen more than a year after his death with the help of state-of-the-art AI. Kilmer is set to appear posthumously in an upcoming indie film he was originally cast in six years ago titled As Deep as the Grave, according to a Wednesday, March 18, report from Variety. (The Top Gun star died from pneumonia in April 2025. He was 65.) Writer and director Coerte Voorhees revealed that he specifically “design…

An AI Val Kilmer is set to posthumously appear in a new movie

A year after the actor's death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking.

Val Kilmer resurrected by AI one year after his death for ‘As Deep as the Grave’ movie role

"As Deep as the Grave" director Coerte Voorhees opened up about his "controversial" decision to resurrect Val Kilmer using AI during a new interview published Wednesday.