{"id":692,"date":"2026-06-30T23:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=692"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:42:05","slug":"neon-rescues-sam-altman-movie-after-amazon-drops-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"Neon Rescues Sam Altman Movie After Amazon Drops It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Neon, the independent studio that backed the best picture Oscar winner <i>Parasite<\/i>, will release <i>Artificial<\/i>, the Sam Altman movie, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=690\">Apple\u2019s Beef With Fortnite Maker Epic Games Is Heading to the Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Amazon MGM dropped the movie, releasing a statement that said, \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<p>An anonymous insider told Variety the film\u2019s portrait of Altman\u2014who I probably don\u2019t need to remind you is the CEO of OpenAI\u2014is unsympathetic, as is the films portrayal of Altman\u2019s arch nemesis, Elon Musk. Andrew Garfield plays Altman, while Ike Barinholtz plays Musk. The film is being described as a comedy-drama written by humorist Simon Rich. If you\u2019ve ever seen Barinholtz in HBO\u2019s <i>Eastbound and Down<\/i>, you can probably form a tantalizing image in your head of a potential Musk-Altman onscreen dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Amazon and OpenAI formed a\u00a0\u201c<span>strategic partnership<\/span><span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0under which, Amazon says, $50 billion will be invested in OpenAI, while Amazon Web Services will provide certain cloud resources to OpenAI on an exclusive basis.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=688\">World Cup Watchers: Test Your New Flag Knowledge With This Weirdly Addictive Game<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <i>Times<\/i> says there were other bids for Artificial, including one by Mubi, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, a major OpenAI investor. A24, Netflix, and Focus Features turned it down, according to Variety.<\/p>\n<p><i>Artificial<\/i> reportedly centers on the four days in 2023 when Altman was fired and then rehired as CEO of OpenAI. <span>IMDb<\/span> informs me that Monica Barbaro, one of the breakout actors from <i>Top Gun: Maverick<\/i><i>,<\/i> plays\u00a0<span>Mira Murati<\/span>, and\u00a0that <span>Ilya Sutskever<\/span> is played by Yura Borisov, who everyone in the world loved in <i>Anora<\/i><i>,<\/i> another Neon best picture winner<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Artificial also boasts Italian director Luca Guadagnino, who helmed <i>Call Me by Your Name <\/i>and <i>Challengers<\/i>. 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