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You still need someone to - you know - act.

Saying deepfakes makes actors superfluous is like saying synthesizers makes musicians superfluous.

there's the deepfake visual representation that we're discussing, but what's to say there isn't work being done on the acting side of things? I think there are broad horizons to what can be automated - especially in the world of pure media.

You mean some kind of AI which can read and understand a script and then develop a persona with physical appearance, voice, mannerisms, interpretation of emotional state and interactions with other characters etc.?

I guess such an AI would also be able to write and direct the movie.

Realistically there would be a pipeline with various companies and AIs involved, each specializing in a specific aspect of virtualizion (the way effects houses work today,) not a single AI doing everything.

But yes, everything you mention up to and including writing and directing can and will be automated to the fullest degree possible in time.

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