> Being able to re-hire the same actors for future sequels is also not guaranteed.

Wow, it was not in my radar that AI could replace voice actors' jobs, but your comment has opened me to this idea.

To give an example, in Spain (I'm Spanish), in the Simpsons series after several seasons the much beloved voice actor for Homer Simpson died. They had to replace it ofc with another one. Yet, I know that many people in my circle started stopping watching the Simpsons at that time because they couldn't stand the new voice. Regardless of whether the new voice was "worse" or "better", it was certainly different, and we humans get weirded with that.

In light of this, I could see animated pictures with fully AI-rendered voices. Incredible.