Amazon Backs Away from Guadagnino’s Altman Biopic, Eyes New Distributor
TL;DR
Amazon MGM has pulled Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, a nearly finished biopic of Sam Altman starring Andrew Garfield, and will shop it to another studio with no formal reason given—likely tied to Amazon’s new $50 billion OpenAI partnership. Guadagnino has already been shown the cut as studios are courted. The piece also notes George Lucas’s Minions cameo, a planned Survivor animated movie with Paramount Animation, and a fan-made virtual Criterion Closet.
- Amazon abruptly drops Luca Guadagnino's movie about new "strategic partner" Sam Altman A.V. Club
- Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership Variety
- Netflix, A24 and Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ as Mubi Circles (EXCLUSIVE) Yahoo
- Amazon’s Movie Arm Abandons Film About OpenAI The New York Times
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