The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM

Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, a film about the five-day 2023 upheaval that saw Sam Altman fired and reinstated as OpenAI CEO. The movie stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, with Monica Barbaro, Ike Barinholtz, and Yura Borisov portraying other key figures tied to the OpenAI saga.

The decision suggests Hollywood is still calibrating how to dramatize recent AI industry turmoil while the real-world players remain highly visible and controversial. If another studio picks it up, the film could become an early test of audience appetite for prestige dramas about Silicon Valley’s AI power struggles.