TREY PARKER AND MATT STONE’S DEEP FAKE COMPANY DEEP VOODOO ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION INVESTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 20, 2022 — Deep Voodoo, the artificial intelligence entertainment startup formed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, announced today that it has secured a $20 million investment led by Connect Ventures, an investment partnership between leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The invested capital will accelerate Deep Voodoo’s development of its leading deep fake technology, cost-effective visual effects services, and original synthetic media projects.
KENDRICK LAMAR’S ‘THE HEART PART 5’ VIDEO KICKS OFF PARTNERSHIP WITH ‘SOUTH PARK’ CREATORS TREY PARKER AND MATT STONE
By Jem Aswad for Variety
It took a village to create Kendrick Lamar’s mind-melting new video for his song “The Heart Part 5,” which on the surface is just him performing in front of a red backdrop until you realize that his face deepfakes into those of OJ Simpson, Jussie Smollett, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Bryant and Kanye West
THE ‘SOUTH PARK’ GUYS BREAK DOWN THEIR VIRAL DEEPFAKE VIDEO
By Dave Itzkoff for The New York Times
In a New York Times Interview, Trey Parker, Matt Stone and their collaborator Peter Serafinowicz discuss the back story of “Sassy Justice,” their deepfake video that used images of President Trump and others.