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Artificial | The First Teaser for the ChatGPT Film Sold Off by Amazon

Andrew Garfield stars as Sam Altman in a film about OpenAI's five-day leadership crisis that led to his firing and reinstatement, Neon said.

  • Neon released the first teaser for Artificial, a drama starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, scheduled for a Christmas Day theatrical release.
  • The film dramatizes the five-day period in November 2023 when Altman was fired as OpenAI CEO, sending the company into chaos as Microsoft intervened and employees threatened to leave.
  • Amazon MGM Studios originally developed Artificial but walked away during its reported $50 billion partnership with OpenAI; after Netflix, A24, and Focus passed, Neon stepped in to distribute.
  • The teaser depicts Altman descending into a mysterious bunker while voices warn, "We've created a machine that will solve the world's problems," and "We opened Pandora's box together."
  • Artificial continues a Hollywood trend of tech-origin dramas, following The Social Network, BlackBerry, Air, and Ferrari, positioning the OpenAI story as a modern business saga.
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The first teaser of Luca Guadagnino's biographical film Artificial about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been released.

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The film "Artificial" is directed by Luca Guadagnino and seeks to portray the five days in which OpenAI's co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, was removed and integrated as leader of the Artificial Intelligence company

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The very controversial Artificial offered itself a first frankly anxious trailer, worn by Andrew Garfield in Sam Altman's costume. The film traces the toxic behind the scenes and the missed putsch that shook OpenAI in the fall of 2023. It was the show of summer 2026: in June, Amazon MGM Studios left the production of Artificial. [...]

A teaser trailer has been released for the film *Artificial*, which centers on the events surrounding OpenAI founder Sam Altman's forced resignation from the company's board of directors in 2023, followed by his return less than two weeks later. The film was already completed and scheduled for release in June 2026, but its release was put on hold after Amazon and MGM Studios withdrew from distribution. Read more...

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Polygon broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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