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Gal Gadot signs six-month AI protection contract for “Bitcoin”

9/2/2026

Summary

Gal Gadot Blocks AI

Gal Gadot signed a six-month contract to prevent AI from altering her performance in the film Bitcoin.
AI was limited to creating the film’s sets and lighting, leaving Gadot’s acting untouched.
Producer Ryan Kavanaugh said AI cut the budget from $300 million to $70 million, saving over $200 million.
SAG-AFTRA consulted Gadot’s lawyers to draft contract language protecting other actors from AI manipulation.

Summary

Gadot Declines Return

Gal Gadot said she will not return as Wonder Woman because her four children and school schedules.
DC Studios has not named a successor, though Adria Arjona is a popular candidate.
Gadot compared filming “Bitcoin” to theater, noting nonstop ten-hour takes without lighting delays.
She criticized the handling of Patty Jenkins and Henry Cavill during the DC transition as not elegant.

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Historical Context

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law in 1998, established the first federal framework protecting creators from unauthorized digital alterations. Congressional sponsor Representative Howard Berman highlighted that the act imposed $20 million penalties for willful infringement, a figure unprecedented at the time. Today, Gal Gadot’s six-month AI-restriction contract, brokered by SAG-AFTRA and producer Ryan Kavanaugh at DC Studios, mirrors that precedent by legally shielding her performance from synthetic manipulation. The move signals Hollywood’s broader shift toward enforceable digital-rights clauses, foreshadowing industry-wide standards that could curb AI-driven budget cuts like the $230 million reduction reported for the film “Bitcoin”.

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Gal Gadot Blocks AI

Gal Gadot signed a six-month contract to prevent AI from altering her performance in the film Bitcoin.
AI was limited to creating the film’s sets and lighting, leaving Gadot’s acting untouched.
Producer Ryan Kavanaugh said AI cut the budget from $300 million to $70 million, saving over $200 million.
SAG-AFTRA consulted Gadot’s lawyers to draft contract language protecting other actors from AI manipulation.

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