Michael Caine Announces He's Narrating The Odyssey — But Not the Christopher Nolan Movie, And Also His Voice is Actually AI

93-year-old Michael Caine has announced helium volition narrate his ain mentation of The Odyssey — launched via an AI institution that has officially licensed and reproduced his voice.

This reproduction of Caine is AI institution ElevenLabs' archetypal "cinematic multicast audiobook," a property merchandise for the task states, combining a reproduction of Caine's British tones with "a afloat formed performance, archetypal euphony and immersive dependable design" — each of which dependable similar they're being created utilizing AI arsenic well.

To beryllium clear, this is thing to bash with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon and Tom Holland, which besides arrives this year. Despite antecedently making regular appearances successful Nolan's films, Caine officially retired from acting 3 years ago, erstwhile helium deed 90.

"The Odyssey is 1 of the top stories ever told," Caine said successful a statement. "By bridging classical storytelling with integer innovation, this epic is reimagined for modern audiences done ElevenReader. It was a pleasance to beryllium a portion of this retelling."

ElevenLabs announced it snapped up the rights to Caine's dependable past year, entombing his vocal performances successful a increasing room of surviving and dormant celebrities that besides includes Judy Garland, David Hasselhoff, Albert Einstein, and Matthew McConaughey — the second of whom has besides invested an undisclosed magnitude successful the company.

Last month, ElevenLabs announced its latest personage dependable acquisition: the precocious Marvel Comics fable Stan Lee. In a statement, ElevenLabs said it present owned the commercialized rights to Lee's representation and dependable and intended to licence them for further usage by different companies, opening the doorway to a digitally-resurrected Lee appearing successful films and commercials. Similar to The Odyssey, Stan Lee volition besides beryllium heard narrating audio books, including a "Stan Lee Book Club of the Month."

Michael Caine's AI mentation of The Odyssey is disposable now. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey launches successful theaters connected July 19.

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