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Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial' to world premiere at New York Film Festival
The film, which chronicles the firing and rehiring of OpenAI's Sam Altman, stars Andrew Garfield.
The short version
- Director Luca Guadagnino’s drama "Artificial" will make its world premiere on October 5 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
- The movie stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI founder Sam Altman and centers on Altman's brief ouster and rehiring.
- Neon acquired the film after Amazon MGM dropped the nearly finished project in June, a decision that followed Amazon's major partnership with OpenAI.
Key facts
- The world premiere of "Artificial" is scheduled for October 5 during the 64th New York Film Festival, which runs from September 25 through October 12.[Variety]
- The film stars Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman, Monica Barbaro as Mira Murati, Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever, and Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk.[Variety]
- Amazon MGM dropped the film in June, stating that it would be "better served if it were released by a different studio."[Variety]
- The drop by Amazon MGM occurred several months after Amazon established a major partnership and $50 billion investment in OpenAI.[Variety]
- Neon ultimately acquired "Artificial" after other studios, including Mubi and Focus, showed interest.[Variety]