Val Kilmer Stars in New Movie Even Though He’s Been Dead for a Year

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KEY POINTS

•Coerte Voorhees directed and John Voorhees produced the historical drama 'As Deep as the Grave' after decades of delays.
•Val Kilmer, diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and deceased in 2025, was brought back using AI with family approval.
•Kilmer appears as both his 65-year-old and 30-year-old selves, with over an hour of screen time thanks to extensive archival sourcing.

After two decades of raising dust on their 1920s drama 'As Deep as the Grave,' director Coerte and producer John Voorhees accidentally struck gold when Val Kilmer agreed to star—until he sadly died in 2025. Undeterred and with Kilmer’s kids’ blessing, they resurrected him via AI, resulting in an actor who takes seven minutes to generate but hundreds of archived mole-closeups for authenticity. Featuring Kilmer aged 65 and his 30s flashback self, this eerie performance boosted him back to over an hour of screen time. Meanwhile, the family wields veto power hard enough to make Marvel jealous. Now seeking distribution, the movie promises both cinematic art and technological necromancy.