An AI replica of actor Val Kilmer will appear in a new film. - Stephane Cardinale / Corbis contributor via Kilmer had originally been cast as a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist in the movie,

An AI-generated Val Kilmer will play a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist in an upcoming movie, nearly a year after the actor’s death.

He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” the movie’s writer and director, Coerte Voorhees, said.