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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Earns Praise For Commissioning Human Artist For Film’s AI-Generated Meme: “The Bar Is Truly In Hell”

Deadline·Glenn Garner·6 months ago
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Art? Made my humans? Goundbreaking!

As The Devil Wears Prada 2 struts into theaters this weekend, the long-anticipated sequel is earning unexpected praise for what appears to be an AI -generated meme of Meryl Streep ‘s Miranda Priestley in the movie, which was actually created by a real human artist.

During the movie’s release on Friday, artist Alexis Franklin shared the work she created for the film, an AI-style image of Miranda as a fast-food worker. “Would you like some lies with that?” the meme reads.

“I got to paint this at the request of [director] David Frankel for The Devil Wears Prada 2 (it shows up in the movie),” wrote Franklin on Instagram , treating fans to a time-lapsed video of her process.…

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