[make3]

I wonder if will see a future soon where a director can fully edit the positions and physical actions of the actors at post production.

basically, the whole scenes will be transferred to believable 3d models seemlessly, and you can reanimate parts of everything. I feel like that's doing to happen for sure, for big Hollywood productions at least (like the Marvel stuff)

[leohutson]

This already happens a lot, most VFX heavy productions will have digital doubles of the main cast, and they can be used for as simple a reason as reframing a shot.

[extralego]

Your comment could give the impression this is drastically more simple to do than it is in reality. This is considered as something like the last frontier of VFX, and there still remains a lot of work to be done.

While you’re essentially correct, it is currently an overwhelmingly manual process. The amount of work and time necessary is substantial (some would say outrageous), and exponentially higher for certain types of shots. Many shots remain impossible or cost-defeating.