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AI startup Synthesia says it's creating a $1M stock pool to pay actors with equity for the use of their likeness, a first for the AI industry. (www.synthesia.io)
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we are excited to announce the formation of a talent experience program along with an equity fund to grant participating actors a stake in our company's future.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A whole million? You thought there was only A grade and B grade movies .. wait until you see Z grade.

For context, Keanu Reeves was paid $156 million for the two Matrix sequels. There's plenty more actors getting paid over a million .. each.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-paid_film_actors

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Such a revealing list, a lot of, ohhh, that’s why they acted in that one.

Looking at you terminator 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Hollywood business model is coming to an end.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

With the likes of massive companies like Disney and Paramount running the show .. it's going to be a while.

Also, you do realise that these massive wages come from the obscene profits made by movies, in other words, if you want to make money, you need to spend it.