The Verge
6/19/2026

The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
Short summary
Amazon MGM dropped Luca Guadagnino's drama film "Artificial," which depicted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's dramatic five-day termination and reinstatement saga in 2023, after the project spent a year in development. The ensemble cast included Andrew Garfield in the lead role, Monica Barbaro as CTO Mira Murati, and Yura Borisov as chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The studio said the film will be better served by a different distributor.
- •Amazon MGM dropped the film "Artificial" about Sam Altman and OpenAI after a year in development
- •Film featured Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro, and Yura Borisov depicting Altman's 2023 ouster and reinstatement
- •Studio seeking a different distributor for the Luca Guadagnino project
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