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\n\tShares in Lionsgate had a roller coaster ride on Tuesday after a report that an activist investor had urged a pivot of the Hollywood studio towards artificial intelligence to avoid becoming an \u201cAl casualty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSemafor was the first to report on the letter from Sagar Gupta, who leads the activism strategy at Anson Funds, that urged Lionsgate to transform itself for the AI era, or consider a for sale on its front door. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLionsgate\u2019s stock has reacted sharply \u2014 and negatively \u2014 to the release of new AI video models, including Sora and Seedance, which we believe reflects a default market assumption that a studio is more likely to be an AI casualty than an AI beneficiary,\u201d Gupta argued in the private letter that The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>understands was received by the studio\u2019s board of directors.<\/p>\n

\n\tStock in Lionsgate closed on Tuesday closed down 49 cents, or around 4 percent, at $11.87, after experiencing wild swings in early morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. <\/p>\n

\n\tKathleen Grace, a former executive at YouTube and the rights-tracking AI company\u00a0Vermillio, was hired earlier this year as the first chief AI officer at Lionsgate, and company CEO Jon Feltheimer on recent analyst calls has made much of advances by the studio in integrating AI tools to navigate disruptive filmmaking technologies.<\/p>\n

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\n\tFeltheimer and top Lionsgate executives at the studios have aimed to support filmmakers, find new efficiencies in its production, marketing, distribution and administrative operations, and work to protect studio IP and its talent partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Burns, Lionsgate vice chairman, on an August 6 call with analysts pointed to AI as \u201ca real opportunity for us, both to grow our revenue and to lower costs in content production, and across all our day-to-day operations. It\u2019s essential we deploy these tools responsibly, efficiently and in partnership with the creative talent leading our projects. But we\u2019re really excited about this tool.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFeltheimer on the same analyst call reiterated the studio was working with creative talent and across the company\u2019s workforce while using AI tools. \u201cThere are just some tremendous use cases right now that we\u2019re playing with, and you know, a year from now it\u2019s going to be a whole different world there. But I can tell you, it\u2019s saving us money. It\u2019s making us more efficient across the board,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

\n\tBurns also discussed possible mergers and acquisition activity amid industry consolidation. \u201cIn spite of what the headline suggests, we haven\u2019t engaged in any substantive conversations. What I will say is this gives us strength and the breadth of our IP and our franchises, and we remain one of the most compelling assets in a rapidly consolidating marketplace,\u201d he added as Lionsgate as a standalone studio after having separated from Starz now has \u201cstrategic optionality\u201d for possible dealmaking.<\/p>\n

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Anson Funds letter to the studio\u2019s board of directors urged they consider an AI pivot or hang a for sale sign to avoid becoming an \u201cAI casualty.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[439],"class_list":["post-5163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-lionsgate"],"yoast_head":"\nLionsgate Stock Slips After Report of Activist Investor Pushing Sale - US Property Moves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5163\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionsgate Stock Slips After Report of Activist Investor Pushing Sale - 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