The best I can think of is "movie with late actors", but it sounds weird and not very concise. I wonder if there's a technical term to refer to that type of movies.
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1Do you know of one in any language?– WS2Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 7:10
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1"Movie with late actors" sounds weird also because "late actors" cannot possibly act. In any case, that expression does not tell that the actors died while the movie was in progress, they could have died much later even (they are "late actors" at the time of writing, not making the movie).– KrisCommented Apr 1, 2015 at 7:18
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1A posthumous movie? I don't know if it makes any sense, but for other works of art this term is very much preferable.– Andy SemyonovCommented Apr 1, 2015 at 7:24
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Sounds like a disaster movie to me.– Lachlan DominicCommented Apr 1, 2015 at 7:51
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1@WS2 The Crow is probably one of the most famous and extreme examples, where the actor Brandon Lee (the son of Bruce Lee) was shot dead with a prop gun during filming.– fileunderwaterCommented Apr 1, 2015 at 9:04
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The deceased actor is recast with a new actor, example sentence according to MW:
The director recast some of the actors in the play.
Example from OLD:
‘Picture The Bad News Bears and the Mighty Ducks recast with actors from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Game of Death.’
The term is also used on the Wikipedia page: List of television actors who died during production:
"In other cases, the show may recast the part with another actor."
To indicate the recast was due to the previous actor's dying, you might say:
Movies in which several actors had to be recast with new actors, because they are no longer with us
Or ever shorter:
Movies in which several actors had to be recast because they are no longer with us
