Guillermo del Toro has insisted there will be 'no g****** AI' involved in the Pan’s Labyrinth 3D re-release
Guillermo del Toro has insisted there will be “no g****** AI” involved in the Pan’s Labyrinth 3D re-release and he will instead rely on previously used restoration techniques, even though they are more expensive.
Guillermo del Toro has insisted there will be “no g****** AI” involved in the Pan’s Labyrinth 3D re-release.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker is bringing his 2006 Spanish-language dark fantasy film back to the big screen to celebrate 20 years since its release but he ruled out using Artificial Intelligence and will instead rely on previously used restoration techniques.
Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con, he explained: “I said, ‘Absolutely no g****** AI’. It’s much more expensive. I don’t care. The thing is, what we’re protecting is the beauty and the redeeming power of art.”
Guillermo also admitted that not everyone on the crew understood his vision for the movie – a dark fantasy set during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 – during filming.
He said: “We had a lot of adversity in the movie. And a lot of the crew was very sceptical. They would see a faun come in in the middle of a civil war movie, and they would say, ‘This f***** is crazy.’ But I remember the first time I knew, we were shooting the Pale Man.”
The movie will be re-released on October 9.
