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Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan films to get AI reboots in China. But not all think its a good idea
Plans to use AI to revitalise 100 kung fu classics such as Police Story and Fist of Fury show a gulf in attitudes between China and the US
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Hollywood’s relationship with artificial intelligence is fraught, as studios balance the need to cut costs with growing concerns from actors, directors and crew members.
But in China, efforts to use AI in entertainment are taking a more no-holds-barred approach.
The China Film Foundation, a non-profit fund under the Chinese government, plans to use AI to revitalise 100 kung fu classics including Police Story, Once Upon a Time in China and Fist of Fury, featuring Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee, respectively.
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The foundation said it will partner with businesses including Shanghai Canxing Culture & Media, which will license 100 Hong Kong films to AI companies to reintroduce those movies to younger audiences globally.
The foundation said there are opportunities to use AI to tell those stories through animation, for example.
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There are plans to release an animated version of director John Woo’s 1986 film A Better Tomorrow that uses AI to “reinterpret” Woo’s “signature visual language”, according to an English transcript of the announcement.
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