Lionsgate has big ambitions to apply generative AI in its work, but familiar critics have emerged after the studio’s partnership with Runway was revealed.

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

Lionsgate is aiming to save a boatload of cash using generative AI technology as an assistive creative tool for filmmakers. Lionsgate, the film and TV studio behind film franchises including “John Wick” and “The Hunger Games,