Lionsgate, the studio behind popular films series’ like The Hunger Games and John Wick, recently announced it’s letting a startup mine its catalog works with the goal of creating an AI model capable of creating storyboards and other pre- and post-production work.

The studio recently distanced itself from a Megalopolis trailer full of chatbot-generated quotes, but its new deal with Runway suggests it'll be embracing AI more openly in the future.

In return for allowing AI video company Runway access to its content catalog, Lionsgate will get a custom AI model.

Proprietary AI models could allow Lionsgate execs to watch a rough draft of a movie before they make greenlight decisions.

Lionsgate, the studio behind major franchises like JOHN WICK and THE HUNGER GAMES, just struck a deal with AI startup Runway.

Runway will use Lionsgate's vast catalog to train a model that the studio's filmmakers can then use to help make new content.

The studio behind the “John Wick,” “Hunger Games,” and “Twilight” franchises just made a deal with an artificial intelligence startup to use its back catalog to build a custom AI model. It could be a tipping point.