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Killing Satoshi<\/em>, an upcoming biopic about the elusive creator of Bitcoin, will reportedly rely heavily on artificial intelligence to generate locations and adjust actors’ performances, Variety<\/em> reports<\/a>. The film was announced in 2025<\/a> as being directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity<\/em>, The Edge of Tomorrow<\/em>) and starring Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson in undisclosed roles, but its connection to overhyped technology was previously understood to begin and end with cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n According to a UK casting notice viewed by Variety<\/em>, the producers of Killing Satoshi<\/em> reserve the right to “change, add to, take from, translate, reformat or reprocess\u201d actors’ performances, using “generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and\/or machine learning technologies.” No digital replicas will be created of performers, but it sounds like plenty of other AI-driven tweaks are on the table. The production’s use of AI will also extend to the setting of its shoots, per Variety’s source. Killing Satoshi<\/em> will be shot on a “markerless performative capture stage” and things like backgrounds and locations will be entirely generated by AI.<\/p>\n You guess is as good as mine as to why a film about blockchain technology needs to be filmed this way, but Doug Liman has been connected with plenty of unusual projects in the past, including a rumored Tom Cruise film<\/a> that was supposed to film on the International Space Station. Killing Satoshi<\/em> will be far less practical in comparison, and walking a much finer line of what’s acceptable in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n A major sticking point in SAG-AFTRA’s 2023 contract negotiations<\/a> was guaranteeing protections for actors who could be replaced by AI. Equity, the union representing actors in the UK, is currently negotiating protections<\/a> for members that are concerned that AI could be used to reproduce their likenesses and voices and let studios use them without their consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n