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Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership

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Director Luca Guadagnino's film 'Artificial,' starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has been dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, according to Variety. The nearly finished movie is now being shopped to other studios. The decision notably follows Amazon's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI announced in February — a deal that may have created an awkward business conflict for the studio backing a film about the tech company's controversial leader.

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-sam-...

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