(CNN) More than six decades after his death, James Dean has been "cast" in a new film and some people are angry about it.

Magic City Films, the production company behind the film, announced that it had obtained rights to use Dean's image from his estate and using CGI technology would include actual footage and photos of Dean in the movie.

The "Rebel Without a Cause" actor died in a car crash at the age of 24 in 1955.

Since then, Dean has become an iconic figure and news of his posthumous casting stoked anger among even some of his most famous admirers.

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