{"id":2133,"date":"2026-06-19T13:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:08:25","slug":"luca-guadagninos-sam-altman-openai-film-artificial-dropped-by-amazon-mgm-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2133","title":{"rendered":"Luca Guadagnino\u2019s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film \u2018Artificial\u2019 Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nAmazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino\u2018s upcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2131\">The Can\u2019t Miss Premieres, Showcases and Sneak Peeks at Annecy Animation Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tReports, originating in <em>Puck<\/em> on Friday, say that the Andrew Garfield-starrer will now be shopped to other studios. The decision was said to have come from Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios chief Mike Hopkins, who told the filmmaker and producing team.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 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 \u201cmulti-year strategic partnership\u201d that will accelerate OpenAI\u2019s consumption of Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker \u2014 not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue,\u201d a spokesperson for Amazon told <em>THR<\/em>. \u201cWe believe that<em> Artificial <\/em>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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tReps for Guadagnino, who is said to have almost completed the film, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from <em>THR<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2129\">\u2018Big Mouth\u2019 and \u2018The Blacklist\u2019 Showrunners, \u2018Send Help\u2019 Screenwriter Run for Writers Guild West Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDescribed as a <em>Social Network<\/em>-esque feature shot in San Francisco and Italy, <em>Artificial<\/em> stars Garfield as Altman in a story recounting the tumultuous period at\u00a0OpenAI\u00a0in 2023 that saw him fired and rehired in a matter of days. The supporting cast includes <em>Anora <\/em>breakout Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder who led the movement to get rid of Altman, Monica Barbaro as chief technology officer Mira Murati, and Ike Barinholtz as Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile test screenings in L.A. have boasted a \u201cwarm reception,\u201d per <em>Puck<\/em>, the film\u2019s depictions of Altman and Musk are not believed to be wholly flattering.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe movie, only announced last year, marked Guadagnino and Amazon MGM\u2019s third collaboration, following <em>After the Hunt<\/em>, starring Garfield with Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, and 2024\u2019s <em>Challengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAltman and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos are reportedly friendly; the AI behemoth was among the high-profile guests at the latter\u2019s Venice wedding to Lauren Sanchez last year. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2127\">Glenn Danzig to Direct Adaption of His Comic \u2018Hellmask\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino&#8217;s upcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, THR has confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[187,208,1770,822,641,2,1771,1772,1773],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-artifical-intelligence","tag-elon-musk","tag-international","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-luca-guadagnino","tag-sam-altman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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