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Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra are all being recreated as Star Wars-style holograms.
The legends have been dead for years but there is still huge demand to see them performing “live”.
Hollywood special effects studio Digital Domain is in talks with their estates to create astonishingly realistic 3D-style images of them.
And at least two Las Vegas casino resorts are in a multimillion dollar bidding war for concerts by the trio.
Fans were astonished when *****’s hologram performed a stunningly lifelike version of Slave To The Rhythm at last year’s Billboard Music Awards.
The Thriller star died from a drug overdose in June, 2009, aged 50. Now his estate is planning US and world tours during which his computer-generated image will even perform his Moonwalk.
“You could have Elvis and Frank Sinatra singing a ballad together.”
Mike Raia, The estates of Elvis and ’Ol Blue Eyes were so impressed by the ***** hologram success they now want in on the new technology.
King of Rock Elvis died aged 42 in August 1977 while “Rat Pack” leader Sinatra was 82 when he passed away after a heart attack in May 1998.
A senior executive at Digital Domain told us: “There is no reason why any or all our stable of digital stars would not be available for major tours or even long-term residencies in Vegas in the very near future.”
Sin City venues the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Planet Hollywood have already voiced interest in staging shows.
US media analyst Mike Raia said: “Performing holograms of dead superstars are already being talked of as the next big thing in the music industry. Even with the sophisticated technology they entail, concerts and tours could be staged at a fraction of the cost of those involving living entertainers.
“There definitely would not be any diva-like demands to worry promoters.”
The door would also be open for “duets” with living singers performing alongside digital images of dead ones.
When the invention was launched two years ago at the Coachella music festival in California, dead rapper Tupac Shakur “performed” on stage with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre.
Raia went on: “The possibilities are endless. You could, for example, have *****’s virtual image singing in perfect harmony and dancing in perfect step with Britney Spears, who is a resident artist at Planet Hollywood.
Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-...vis-*****-and-Sinatra-could-make-big-COMEBACK
I hope this happens, although it will probably not come into fruition.. i just hope it will be an improvement on the Billboard Awards if it does come.
The legends have been dead for years but there is still huge demand to see them performing “live”.
Hollywood special effects studio Digital Domain is in talks with their estates to create astonishingly realistic 3D-style images of them.
And at least two Las Vegas casino resorts are in a multimillion dollar bidding war for concerts by the trio.
Fans were astonished when *****’s hologram performed a stunningly lifelike version of Slave To The Rhythm at last year’s Billboard Music Awards.
The Thriller star died from a drug overdose in June, 2009, aged 50. Now his estate is planning US and world tours during which his computer-generated image will even perform his Moonwalk.
“You could have Elvis and Frank Sinatra singing a ballad together.”
Mike Raia, The estates of Elvis and ’Ol Blue Eyes were so impressed by the ***** hologram success they now want in on the new technology.
King of Rock Elvis died aged 42 in August 1977 while “Rat Pack” leader Sinatra was 82 when he passed away after a heart attack in May 1998.
A senior executive at Digital Domain told us: “There is no reason why any or all our stable of digital stars would not be available for major tours or even long-term residencies in Vegas in the very near future.”
Sin City venues the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Planet Hollywood have already voiced interest in staging shows.
US media analyst Mike Raia said: “Performing holograms of dead superstars are already being talked of as the next big thing in the music industry. Even with the sophisticated technology they entail, concerts and tours could be staged at a fraction of the cost of those involving living entertainers.
“There definitely would not be any diva-like demands to worry promoters.”
The door would also be open for “duets” with living singers performing alongside digital images of dead ones.
When the invention was launched two years ago at the Coachella music festival in California, dead rapper Tupac Shakur “performed” on stage with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre.
Raia went on: “The possibilities are endless. You could, for example, have *****’s virtual image singing in perfect harmony and dancing in perfect step with Britney Spears, who is a resident artist at Planet Hollywood.
Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-...vis-*****-and-Sinatra-could-make-big-COMEBACK
I hope this happens, although it will probably not come into fruition.. i just hope it will be an improvement on the Billboard Awards if it does come.
