James Dean to be digitally recreated for posthumous movie role in Finding Jack
By Joey Nolfi
November 06, 2019 at 12:24 PM EST
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Nearly seven decades after his death, Hollywood icon James Dean will return to the big screen for a new movie role.
The East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause actor — who died in a 1955 car accident at age 24 — has been cast in a posthumous role as the secondary lead in the upcoming Vietnam-era action-drama Finding Jack. The actor’s likeness will be digitally recreated for the role of Rogan with the help of Canadian visual effects company Imagine Engine and South African VFX house MOI Worldwide.
Directors Anton Ernst and Tati Golykh of new production company Magic City Films will produce the film alongside Artistry Media Group’s Donald A. Barton. Mari Sova penned the script, while 10-time Oscar-nominated musician Diane Warren wrote a song for the project. The film follows a story set forth in Gareth Crocker’s novel of the same name, which follows the abandonment of over 10,000 canine units at the end of the Vietnam War.
“We searched high and low for the perfect character to portray the role of Rogan, which has some extreme complex character arcs, and after months of research, we decided on James Dean,” Ernst said in a press statement. “We feel very honored that his family supports us and will take every precaution to ensure that his legacy as one of the most epic film stars to date is kept firmly intact. The family views this as his fourth movie, a movie he never got to make. We do not intend to let his fans down.”
“This opens up a whole new opportunity for many of our clients who are no longer with us,” added Mark Roesler, CEO of CMG Worldwide, an agency that represents Dean’s family in addition to other famous, deceased personalities.
Finding Jack is set to be released worldwide on Nov. 11, 2020, with pre-production beginning on Nov. 17 of this year.
now let's get the other cac jobs outta here.
