Google invented new techniques to enhance resolution and generated new character performances to bring the 1939 film to the giant screen.

Those lions and tigers and bears wouldn't look quite right if the film were projected onto the giant screen without some help from AI.

“The Wizard of Oz at Sphere,” which will open Aug. 28, is using Google Cloud’s AI to upscale and “reimagine” the classic, while using Google Cloud infrastructure to support the massive data processing and rendering requirements. The collaboration also marks the start of a broader AI partnership between Sphere Entertainment and Google Cloud.