# House of David Uses AI for 72 Shots

- Date: 2025-02-27
- Type: news
- Credit: Kingdom Story Company / Amazon MGM Studios
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/house-of-david-ai

Amazon's biblical epic House of David, created by Jon Erwin, premieres on Prime Video with 72 generative AI-assisted shots in Season 1 — one of the first major streaming series to openly integrate AI into its VFX pipeline.

The standout is Episode 6's Goliath origin sequence: photoreal digital characters, armies of 10,000+, rain, smoke, and angel wing feathers — all driven by generative AI in collaboration with Vū Technologies. What would have taken four or five months of traditional post-production was completed in weeks.

Erwin's approach: never generate from scratch, always augment existing show assets. The tools — Runway, Kling, Midjourney, Magnific, and Topaz alongside After Effects — handled physics simulations better than conventional VFX software at a fraction of the cost.

Links:
- Variety — Exclusive: https://variety.com/2025/artisans/features/house-of-david-ai-goliath-origin-sequence-1236341674/
- Amazon MGM Studios Press: https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/ihouse-of-davidi-uses-ai-to-bring-epic-visuals-to-
- Runway Case Study: https://runwayml.com/customers/how-house-of-david-used-runway-to-become-amazons-latest-hit-series

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/house-of-david-ai
Era: 2025 · The Studio Era
Last updated: 2026-09-17