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Gene Wilder’s Voice Resurrected for Netflix

Updated 2026-06-30 17:10 UTC 2 sources Neutral

Netflix is using AI to recreate the voice of late actor Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 film. His wife has given her blessing for this project.

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Variety
It’s an AI-fueled return to the Chocolate Factory. Netflix has partnered with the AI audio firm ElevenLabs to recreate the voice of actor Gene Wilder, who originated the character’s live-action look in 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and who died in 2016, for its new
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