After being dropped by Amazon Studios MGM, Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI film industrial In advanced talks to find a new home with Neon, Hollywood Reporter I’ve learned. If the deal is reached, it will end nearly two weeks of speculation over the fate of the film.
Amazon dropped the film in mid-June, months after the tech giant announced a $50 billion investment in OpenAI. The partnership also sees OpenAI use Amazon Web Services infrastructure.
An Amazon spokesperson said: “We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker, not to mention a long-standing relationship that we hope will continue.” THR at that time. “We believe so industrial It would be better served if released by a different studio and work closely with the filmmaking team to find a new home for the film. Projection decision industrial It came from Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins.
industrial The film takes place during a turbulent period at artificial intelligence company OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired within days. The cast includes Andrew Garfield as Atlman, Monica Barbaro as Mira Moratti, and Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever.
Simon Rich wrote the screenplay. Producers include David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films, along with Jennifer Fox. CAA Media Finance negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
The move comes after studios such as Warner Bros. Netflix and Focus passed on the nearly finished film. Sources said last week THR Studios were reluctant to pick up the film for several reasons, including political concerns. International darling Mobi and eventual winner Neon became top contenders for the film.
For his part, Guadagnino told Italian television last week: “What interests me most is the people. It completely changes the face – not only the face of society in terms of consumption and how we relate to these tools, but the face of the identity of a place like the United States and the whole world – with the rise of this small oligarchy that exercises really radical control.”
puck I reported the news for the first time.
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