{"id":482,"date":"2026-06-19T15:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:40:36","slug":"amazon-mgm-studios-backs-out-of-sam-altman-biopic-months-after-amazon-gave-openai-tons-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Studios Backs Out of Sam Altman Biopic Months After Amazon Gave OpenAI Tons of Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Months after Amazon announced plans to invest billions in OpenAI, the e-commerce giant\u2019s film studio has now dropped an upcoming movie about the AI company.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=480\">\u201cThe Closet\u201d Is the Next Best Thing to Actually Getting an Invite to the Criterion Collection\u2019s Fabled Closet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon MGM has decided not to release <em>Artificial<\/em>, Luca Guadagnino\u2019s upcoming movie starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman.<\/p>\n<p>Puck reports that the nearly finished movie was initially expected to be released later this year, but is now being shopped around to other studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker \u2013 not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue,\u201d an Amazon spokesperson told Gizmodo in an emailed statement. \u201cWe believe that \u2018Artificial\u2019 will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Guadagnino is known for stylish, buzzy films including <em>Call Me by Your Name<\/em>, <em>Queer<\/em>, and <em>Challengers<\/em>. Now, the Italian director is taking on Silicon Valley. <em>Artificial<\/em> is being described as a comedic drama about the world of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The film centers around the time Altman was suddenly fired from the company in 2023, only to be rehired four days later.<\/p>\n<p>Altman was initially ousted by the company\u2019s board for allegedly not being \u201cconsistently candid\u00a0in his communication with the board.\u201d\u00a0The New York Times reported at the time that Altman had tried to remove one of the directors, Helen Toner, because he thought she had been critical of OpenAI\u2019s safety practices in a research paper she co-authored, while praising rival firm Anthropic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Microsoft quickly offered Altman a job, prompting most of OpenAI\u2019s staff to\u00a0threaten to quit. Eventually, Altman won the power struggle and returned to lead the company with much of the board replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=478\">Spotify Will Now Reserve Tickets for Superfans Before General Sales Can Skyrocket in Price<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to IMDb, the rest of the cast includes Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk, Monica Barbaro as Mira Murati, and <em>Anora<\/em> breakout star Yura Borisov as OpenAI\u2019s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the matter told Puck that the tone of the movie ended up being significantly darker than the script and Guadagnino\u2019s original pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Variety reports, also citing unnamed sources, that the film\u2019s version Altman and Musk are unsympathetic and are the characters audiences would \u201clike the least.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman and others back in 2015, but he left in 2018, reportedly over disagreements about the company\u2019s direction. He now runs a rival company, xAI.\u00a0 And the feud between the two has only escalated since.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon MGM\u2019s decision also comes months after Amazon announced a major strategic partnership with OpenAI. Under the deal, Amazon said it would invest $50 billion in the AI company, starting with an initial $15 billion investment followed by another $35 billion if certain conditions are met. Amazon also said AWS would become the exclusive third-party cloud distribution provider for OpenAI Frontier.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additionally, Variety reports that Altman and Amazon Founder and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos have a personal relationship, with Altman attending Bezos\u2019 wedding last year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether Amazon\u2019s partnership with OpenAI or Altman\u2019s relationship with Bezos played any role in Amazon MGM\u2019s decision to drop the film.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=476\">AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Calls xAI a \u2018Failure,\u2019 Reignites Feud With Elon Musk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision comes months after Amazon announced a $50 billion partnership with the AI company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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