Edgar Wright Calls AI-Upscaled ‘Spaced’ Re-Release ‘Disheartening’ and ‘Not Authorized’
"To find out that someone just went ahead without our involvement is... a bummer," the "Shaun of the Dead" filmmaker writes The post Edgar Wright Calls AI-Upscaled ‘Spaced’ Re-Release ‘Disheartening’ and ‘Not Authorized’ appeared first on TheWrap .
Edgar Wright has expressed his disapproval of a recent AI-upscaled Blu-ray re-release of the TV show "Spaced." Wright described the situation as "disheartening" and "not authorized by anyone involved in making the show." The cancellation came as a surprise to Wright, who had been pushing for a Blu-ray release of the show for years.
"Spaced" is a British sitcom that aired from 1999 to 2001 and starred Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, and Wright himself. The show's success helped launch the careers of Pegg, Wright, Frost, and Hynes. In 2008, a DVD edition of the show came out with commentary and special features, featuring guests such as Quentin Tarantino and Bill Hader.
For the Blu-ray re-release, the show was remastered in 4K using AI tools, which Wright believes is problematic as he had not given his consent for the production.
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