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Amazon has abruptly shelved "Artificial," its high-profile film about Sam Altman's brief 2023 ouster as OpenAI CEO
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The studio confirmed the decision to media publication Puck late Thursday, with the move made by Mike Hopkins, who oversees Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios.
Key facts
- Amazon has abruptly shelved "Artificial," its high-profile film about Sam Altman's brief 2023 ouster as OpenAI CEO, pulling the nearly completed project from its release calendar and shopping it
- The team have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker relationships Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos have also sought to maintain
- The studio confirmed the decision to media publication Puck late Thursday, with the move made by Mike Hopkins, who oversees Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios
Summary
Amazon has pulled its nearly finished Sam Altman film "Artificial" from its release schedule and is now shopping it to other distributors. The Andrew Garfield-starring film reportedly portrays Altman unflatteringly, and Amazon's decision comes following a $50 billion investment into the AI giant. CAA is now screening the film for potential new distributors, per a report. Amazon has abruptly shelved "Artificial," its high-profile film about Sam Altman's brief 2023 ouster as OpenAI CEO, pulling the nearly completed project from its release calendar and shopping it to rival studios instead.