Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios
Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino ‘s upcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman , The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Reports, originating in Puck on Friday, say that the Andrew Garfield -starrer will now be shopped to other studios. The timing is, well, interesting: It comes only a few months after the news that Amazon has invested $50 billion in the artificial intelligence research and deployment company as part of a “multi-year strategic partnership” that will accelerate OpenAI’s consumption of Amazon Web Services. “We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker — not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue,” a spokesperson for Amazon told THR . “We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home.” Guadagnino, who is said to have almost completed the film, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from THR when approached. Described as a Social Network -esque feature, Artificial stars Englishman Garfield as Altman in a story recounting the tumultuous period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days. Its supporting cast includes Anora breakout Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder who led the movement to get rid of Altman, Monica Barbaro as chief technology office Mira Murati, and Ike Barinholtz as Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk . The movie marked Guadagnino and Amazon MGM’s third collaboration, following After the Hunt , starring Garfield with Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, and 2024’s Challengers . Altman and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos are reportedly friendly; the AI behemoth was among the high-profile guests at the latter’s Venice wedding to Lauren Sanchez last year.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter