'Amazing' AI de-ages actor Tom Hanks in new film Here

LOS ANGELES - American actor Tom Hanks has praised the "amazing" use of artificial intelligence (AI) to de-age him "in real time" on the set of new movie Here, even as he accepted that the technology is causing huge concern in Hollywood.

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Here, out in American cinemas on Nov 1, stars Hanks and American actress Robin Wright as a couple striving to keep their family together through births, marriages, divorces and deaths, across multiple decades and even generations.

The movie, directed by American filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, marks the first on-screen appearance for Hanks, 68, and Wright, 58, since the Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump (1994) - also directed by Zemeckis.

Hanks portrays his character in Here from an idealistic teen, through various stages of youth and middle age, to a frail, elderly man.

But rather than just relying on make-up, filmmakers teamed up with AI studio Metaphysic on a tool called Metaphysic Live, to rejuvenate and "age up" the actors.

The technology worked so fast that Hanks was able to immediately watch his "deep-faked" performance after each scene.