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Orson Welles' 'The Magnificent Ambersons' deepfake (Sep 2025)
AI company Fable Studio plans to use its AI platform Showrunner to generate footage to reconstruct lost scenes from the 1942 film 'The Magnificent Ambersons.' The Orson Welles estate has objected to this plan,…
- Incident date
- Sep 2025
- Target
- Orson Welles' 'The Magnificent Ambersons'
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
AI company Fable Studio plans to use its AI platform Showrunner to generate footage to reconstruct lost scenes from the 1942 film 'The Magnificent Ambersons.' The Orson Welles estate has objected to this plan, stating they were not informed and that it is an attempt to generate publicity.