{"id":276542,"date":"2026-06-19T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/luca-guadagninos-sam-altman-movie-dropped-by-amazon-after-it-announces-openai-partnership-film\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:55:38","slug":"luca-guadagninos-sam-altman-movie-dropped-by-amazon-after-it-announces-openai-partnership-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/luca-guadagninos-sam-altman-movie-dropped-by-amazon-after-it-announces-openai-partnership-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Guadagnino\u2019s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership | Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luca Guadagnino\u2019s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership | Film<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jun\/19\/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-movie-dropped-amazon-openai-artificial<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-19 09:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Artificial, Luca Guadagnino\u2019s controversial Sam Altman biopic, which is poised for an awards run next year, has been dropped by its distributor, Amazon.<\/p>\n

In a statement first reported by Puck, Amazon said that it believes \u201cthat Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the film-making team to find the film a new home\u201d.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s decision to leave the project comes in the wake of a significant partnership struck between Amazon and OpenAI, of which Altman is CEO. The deal will see Amazon \u2013 whose owner, Jeff Bezos, is friends with Altman \u2013 immediately invest $15bn in the company, \u201cfollowed by another $35bn in the coming months when certain conditions are met,\u201d according to the artificial intelligence company\u2019s website. This follows a $38bn cloud computing deal signed by the two companies last year.<\/p>\n

It is believed that the film, which stars Andrew Garfield as Altman and Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk, is not a flattering portrayal of the tech mogul.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Prime cuts \u2026 Luca Guadagnino<\/span> Photograph: Kate Green\/Getty Images for BFI<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning film-maker \u2013 not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue,\u201d added Amazon.<\/p>\n

The film, which is scripted by award-winning comedy writer Simon Rich, wrapped shooting last autumn and is said to focus on the dramatic firing and rehiring of Altman in 2023.<\/p>\n

Page Six reported last month that the hero of Rich\u2019s story is OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, played by Anora star Yura Borisov. In 2023, Sutskever was one of the board members who ousted Altman as CEO; after Altman reinstatement a week later, Sutskever stepped down from the board.<\/p>\n

The film had been circling a wide release in early 2027, after an awards qualifying run in the US over Christmas, to avoid competition from Aaron Sorkin\u2019s The Social Reckoning. A followup to David Fincher\u2019s The Social Network (2010), which…<\/p>\n

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