Artists Are Being Replaced by AI
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Ant-Man star Evangeline Lilly expressed frustration over recent Disney layoffs affecting Marvel Studios staff, including longtime visual development artist Andy Park.
- Around 1,000 jobs were cut across Disney, with Marvel Studios losing key creative personnel such as Park, who contributed to major MCU projects since 2011.
- Lilly criticized Disney for allegedly replacing original artists with AI technology, questioning the ethics and legality of using human-created art for AI iterations without proper protections.
- She publicly condemned Disney on social media, calling for laws to protect human artists from exploitation by AI and corporate executives.
- Lilly has been part of the MCU since 2015, portraying Hope van Dyne/The Wasp in multiple films including Ant-Man sequels and Avengers: Endgame.
