Amazon won't release Sam Altman biopic focused on OpenAI's 2023 leadership crisis
Key takeaways
- Apropos of nothing, in February, Amazon invested $50 billion in Open AI.
- Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Amazon MGM Studios has reportedly dropped the Sam Altman biopic Artificial, even though it's nearly finished, after the company deepened its partnership with Open AI.
- "We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker — not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue," a spokesperson told the publication.
Apropos of nothing, in February, Amazon invested $50 billion in Open AI.
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Amazon MGM Studios has reportedly dropped the Sam Altman biopic Artificial, even though it's nearly finished, after the company deepened its partnership with Open AI. According to Variety, the film directed by Luca Guadagnino has already had several test screenings that enjoyed positive reception. Amazon had a copy of all iterations of the script even before Guadagnino joined the project, so it knew what kind of film it was greenlighting and even fast-tracking last year.
"We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker — not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue," a spokesperson told the publication. "We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home."