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Amazon MGM drops OpenAI film

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Amazon MGM has dropped the film "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, allowing the filmmakers to shop the project to other studios. The decision comes despite Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI earlier in 2026.

  • Film directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman and Monica Barbaro as Mira Murati
  • Project was in development for approximately one year
  • Covers five-day period in 2023 when Altman was terminated and reinstated as OpenAI CEO
  • Cast includes Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk and Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever
  • Amazon MGM stated the film will be better served by a different distributor