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    Bourdain’s Widow Did NOT Give Permission for AI Voice Creation in Doc

    Mary Anne ButlerBy Mary Anne ButlerJuly 16, 20212 Mins Read
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    Today marks the release of filmmaker Morgan Neville‘s “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.” We’ve reviewed it twice here at Nerdbot, and while one of us liked it more than the other, we both acknowledged the importance of such a film. What we weren’t expecting was a sudden controversy arising from it.

    About two days ago, the Oscar winner stated during an interview that he had used an AI program to recreate Tony’s voice in order to complete three voice over quotes in the film. He claimed he had permission of Ottavia Bourdain, Tony’s widow. According to Ottavia, he did not.

    As Variety reports, Neville said:


    “I checked…with his widow and his literary executor, just to make sure people were cool with that. And they were like, Tony would have been cool with that. I wasn’t putting words into his mouth. I was just trying to make them come alive.”


    To which Ottavia this morning tweeted:

    I certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would have been cool with that. https://t.co/CypDvc1sBP

    — Ottavia (@OttaviaBourdain) July 16, 2021

    Not only is the entire thing rather ghoulish, but why the hell would a documentarian do such a thing and LIE about it?

    This actually does explain why there was something about the film I didn’t like. And now I want to revisit my entire review.

    “Roadrunner” is currently in theaters now.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

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