{"slug": "amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic", "title": "Amazon will no longer release OpenAI CEO biopic", "summary": "Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial' starring Andrew Garfield, citing a conflict of interest after Amazon expanded its multi-billion-dollar partnership with OpenAI. The nearly completed film is now seeking a new distributor.", "body_md": "# Amazon will no longer release OpenAI CEO biopic\n\n[Amazon](/topic/amazon)MGM has ceased its partnership with director[Luca Guadagnino](/topic/luca-guadagnino)on his forthcoming Sam Altman biopic,*Artificial*.- The film, which stars Andrew Garfield as the\n[OpenAI](/topic/openai)founder and is nearly completed, is now seeking a new distributor. - The studio's decision follows its expanded multi-billion-dollar deal with OpenAI, announced in February, for cloud services and investment.\n- Amazon stated that\n*Artificial*would be \"better served\" by a different studio and is assisting the filmmaking team in finding a new home. - Reports suggest the film, which chronicles Altman's brief ousting and rehiring as OpenAI CEO, had positive screen tests, but its portrayals of Altman and Elon Musk might be disliked by audiences.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/culture/sam-altman-amazon-movie-openai-b2999427.html", "published_at": "2026-06-19 20:42:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-19 21:15:12.514107+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Amazon", "MGM", "Luca Guadagnino", "Sam Altman", "Andrew Garfield", "OpenAI", "Elon Musk"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-will-no-longer-release-openai-ceo-biopic.jsonld"}}