The Film About Sam Altman, 'Artificial,' Has Been Dropped by Amazon MGM
Original: The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
Amazon MGM dropped 'Artificial,' Luca Guadagnino's prestige film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman starring Andrew Garfield.
Amazon MGM has reportedly dropped 'Artificial,' a prestige drama directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The film dramatized the five turbulent days in November 2023 when Altman was fired and then reinstated by OpenAI's board — one of the most-watched corporate crises in tech history. The project had been in development for about a year, and its future with any other distributor remains unknown.
'Artificial,' a feature film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM, according to a report from The Verge. The project, which had been in active development for approximately a year, was set to dramatize one of the most turbulent episodes in modern tech history: the five-day period in November 2023 during which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly dismissed by the company's board and then reinstated following a dramatic sequence of events that captivated the technology industry and broader public.
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