Expect to see an iconic villain to look very different when Netflix’s Lost in Space remake premieres in 2018. The role of Dr. Smith has been gender-swapped and an actress will take over the part played by Jonathan Harris in the 1965 sci-fi series of the same name. Parker Posey is set to fill the role, reports Deadline.
Like the original, Netflix’s Lost in Space will center on the Robinson family as they find themselves stranded in space and dealing with dangerous threats, a new environment, and their own personal issues. As Dr. Smith, Posey will likely be up to no good. Harris’ version of the character was known for double-dealing, attempts at sabotage, and dropping harsh quips.
Dr. Smith has appeared in multiple Lost in Space successors since CBS canceled the original. In fact, Harris voiced an animated version of the character in a 1970s cartoon spinoff that failed to take off and Gary Oldman later played the villain in the 1998 film adaptation of the series. This will be the first time we will see the character as a woman, so we’re excited to see what other surprises the Netflix series has in store.
It is still unclear how closely the Netflix version of Lost in Space will follow the original, but we expect Posey to bring her own spin to the character. The actress has proven versatile over the years and her long resume includes roles such as You’ve Got Mail, Superman Returns, and Café Society, among many others. She has big shoes to fill, though; Harris managed to turn what was supposed to be a temporary character into a long-standing one with his portrayal.
Posey’s co-stars will include House of Cards star Molly Parker, Black Sails‘ Toby Stephens, Taylor Russell, and Maxwell Jenkins as members of the Robinson family. The series is being written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, and is set to debut on Netflix with 10 one-hour episodes in 2018.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?