Showrunner Announces First AI TV Show ‘Backstage Pass’ from The AI Film Company
The AI Film Company, pioneers in AI-native Intellectual Property (IP) and advanced AI production, today announced its first official commission of an AI television series: "Backstage Pass" for the Showrunner AI TV platform.
Pongo. Backstage Pass Created by Asa Bailey Amy Morris & Glenn Biseker
Crafting Intellectual Property for AI TV
The AI Film Company, working in close partnership with AMMÔ Animation and Winding Snake Productions, will deliver a complete dataset of AI-native assets to the innovative Showrunner platform by Fable Simulation. Showrunner is an AI TV service that enables audiences and artificial intelligence to collaborate in real time, creating animated shows and scenes, and opening a new channel for AI TV entertainment.
Edward Saatchi CEO Showrunner, on X.com
AI Native Production
"Backstage Pass" is an animated AI TV show created by Asa Bailey, Amy Morris and Glenn Biseker, that explores the world of music and celebrity culture, featuring familiar stars and new characters. Audiences can watch the show evolve live, inserting their own characters and storylines directly into the narrative. It is both entertainment and a demonstration of how structured, machine-readable IP can power dynamic, user-driven storytelling inside AI platforms.
Pongo and Nancy. Backstage Pass Created by Asa Bailey Amy Morris & Glenn Biseker
These IP assets are captured and engineered from the ground up to integrate seamlessly into AI-driven simulation environments, ensuring ethical traceability and compliant use within the next generation of smart media platforms.
This commission validates The AI Film Company's vision and its underlying technology, the .DAVE file format, which secures authorship and facilitates ethical transactional licensing of creative works on any device.
Edward Saatchi, CEO of Showrunner, commented:
"The AI Film Company's approach to structured, AI-native IP is exactly what platforms like ours need to scale interactive narrative truly. 'Backstage Pass' will showcase how high-quality, ethically-engineered assets can drive revolutionary new forms of entertainment."
Asa Bailey, Creator/Director of Backstage Pass and CEO of The AI Film Company, added: "With Backstage Pass, we’re showing what AI-native television looks like in practice. Designed as a structured dataset from day one, the series demonstrates how creative IP can be authored, licensed, and protected while remaining open to live audience participation. This is the frontier of entertainment, and we intend to lead it."
Nancy. Backstage Pass Created by Asa Bailey Amy Morris & Glenn Biseker
About The AI Film Company
The AI Film Company is an AI creative studio specialising in the creation, structuring, and ethical licensing of AI-native Intellectual Property, with a focus on AI production techniques and the development of proprietary technology .DAVE file format, the company is redefining how stories are created, owned, and distributed in the age of artificial intelligence.
About Showrunner
Showrunner, by Fable Simulation, is a pioneering platform that enables users and AI to collaborate on creating animated shows and scenes. It empowers creators to bring stories to life through simulation-powered narrative and community-driven production, redefining the landscape of interactive entertainment.
About BACKSTAGE PASS
Welcome to Stadium City, an oversized pop-culture capital where the world’s biggest names in music and entertainment collide with a ragtag crew of locals. At its centre is The Stadium, the city’s namesake and a global magnet for touring superstars, visiting icons, and the misfits who orbit them.
Backstage Pass is a fast-paced animated comedy that takes a swipe at pop culture from the rarest vantage point: behind the curtain. Set in the exclusive world of backstage access—where egos clash, dreams spark, and chaos is routine—the show delivers a universe where literally anything can happen.
