Gal Gadot defends AI use in Bitcoin film after six-month contract battle

Making a movie about Bitcoin’s mysterious creator apparently requires its own layer of mystery, paranoia, and very long contract negotiations. Gal Gadot revealed that her lawyers spent six months hammering out legal protections for her performance in the upcoming film Bitcoin, ensuring that AI technology couldn’t be used to alter or replicate her acting work. The contract saga caught the attention of SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest actors’ union, which consulted Gadot’s legal team for guidance on updating industry-wide standards around artificial intelligence. A $70M movie that was supposed to cost $300M The film, directed by Doug Liman and originally titled Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi, focuses on the story of Craig Wright’s controversial claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. Wright has spent years asserting he invented Bitcoin, a claim that has been widely disputed and, in a 2024 UK court ruling, was explicitly rejected by a judge. The cast is stacked. Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson, and Isla Fisher join Gadot in a production that incorporates fictionalized elements alongside references to real figures from the crypto industry. The film’s budget was slashed ...