# The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM > Source: > Published: 2026-06-19 14:15:29+00:00 Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, *Artificial*, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. # The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, covers the week in 2023 that the OpenAI CEO was fired and re-hired. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, covers the week in 2023 that the OpenAI CEO was fired and re-hired. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman’s termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in the works for [about a year](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-to-direct-openai-movie-1236236357/). The cast also includes *A Complete Unknown* actress Monica Barbaro as OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk, and *Anora*’s Yura Borisov as OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. In a statement to * Deadline*, the studio said it believes the movie “will be better served if it were released by a different studio and is working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home.” *Puck*first reported the studio’s decision not to release the film. Amazon and OpenAI also have close ties, with Amazon in February announcing a $50 billion investment in the AI lab. **Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. ## Most Popular - Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans - Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness - Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits - This robotic self-driving toilet comes to you - Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months