In one of the more bizarre rumors in a while, George Lucas-collaborator Mel Smith (director of Radioland Murders ) claims that Lucas is buying the film rights to dead movie stars in hopes of casting them in a movie with the help of digital effects. Given his track record for the last ten years, I honestly didn’t think Lucas could do anything that would make my jaw drop for even a moment. But bravo. I was wrong.
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Is George Lucas Planning to Bring Actors Back From The Dead?