Netflix Wonka reality show draws criticism for AI-generated Wilder voice
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 24 Sept, 23:24 · Archive
Netflix has launched a reality competition based on Roald Dahl's Wonka story featuring an AI-generated voice of late actor Gene Wilder.
Netflix has released Wonka's Golden Ticket, a reality competition series where contestants navigate a real-life version of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The show features an AI-generated voice of the late Gene Wilder as Wonka himself. The programme has faced backlash, with critics arguing the AI recreation does not capture the original magic and questioning the decision to use the technology.
How it is being reported
- Netflix faces backlash for using AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in Wonka reality showNetflix's AI generation of Gene Wilder's voice doesn't recreate the magic from the original movie.TechRadar · 24 Sept, 18:00
- Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Wonka’s The Golden Ticket’ On Netflix, A Reality Competition Where Contestants Navigate A Real-Life Version Of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate FactoryThe series includes the AI-generated voice of the late Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka himself.New York Post · 23 Sept, 21:00
- Wonka’s Golden Ticket review – this bleak reality show is all nausea, no sugar rushNetflix’s new series is the ruthless, hyper-capitalist competitive take on a kids’ book that no one needed. AI-generating Gene Wilder’s voice for it just feels wrong As the sad-faced Oompa-Loompas who acted in Glasgow’s famously catastrophic Willy’s Chocolate Experience in 2024 will testify, if you come at Willy Wonka, you’d better not miss. There’s always a risk involved when trying to recreate fantastical, fictional worlds: if you fall short – or miss the point – the bathos is all the more devastating. Roll up, then, for Wonka’s Golden Ticket, Netflix’s twist on Roald Dahl’s confectionary…The Guardian · 23 Sept, 15:34
In this story: Netflix · Gene Wilder · Roald Dahl · Willy Wonka
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