Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Hollywood Reporter And he confirmed.
The Andrew Garfield-starring film will now be marketed to other studios. Reports, which originated in puck On Friday, let’s say the decision came from Mike Hopkins, president of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, who told the Oscar-nominated director and production team.
The timing is interesting: It comes just a few months after news that Amazon invested $50 billion in an AI research and deployment company as part of a “multi-year strategic partnership” that will accelerate OpenAI’s consumption of Amazon Web Services.
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. “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.
Representatives for Guadagnino, who is said to have almost completed the film, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from THR.
Described A Social network-Feature film filmed in San Francisco and Italy, industrial It stars Garfield as Altman in a story that chronicles the turbulent period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw him fired and rehired within days. Support staff included Anura Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder who led the movement to get rid of Altman, Monica Barbaro as CTO Mira Moratti, and Ike Barinholtz as Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
While test screenings in Los Angeles boasted a “warm reception” for each puckthe film’s portrayal of Altman and Musk is not thought to be entirely enjoyable.
The film, which was announced just last year, marks the third collaboration between Guadagnino and Amazon MGM After fishingstarring Garfield with Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, set in 2024 United.
Altman and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos are said to be friendly. The AI giant was among the notable guests at the latter’s wedding in Venice to Lauren Sanchez last year.
