Overview

• Luca Guadagnino is in talks to direct 'Artificial', a comedic drama recounting the 2023 boardroom upheaval at OpenAI.
• Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro and Yura Borisov are in early talks to portray Sam Altman, CTO Mira Murati and co-founder Ilya Sutskever, respectively.
• Simon Rich wrote the screenplay; Heyday Films’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford are attached as producers with Jennifer Fox in negotiations to join the team.
• The film marks Guadagnino’s third collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios following 'Challengers' and 'After the Hunt'.
• Development has been fast-tracked for a summer shoot in San Francisco; additional production is planned in Italy.