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First reported by Variety
Amazon Drops Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial' Following OpenAI Partnership

Neon Acquires Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial' After Amazon Drops It

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Casey Loving

21h ago· 5 min readenNews

Summary

Neon has acquired worldwide theatrical distribution rights to Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial' starring Andrew Garfield, less than two weeks after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the project. The nearly finished $40 million film was shopped to other studios including Netflix and Focus Features, who also passed. The acquisition marks a major awards push for Neon, known for distributing Oscar-winning films.

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Twitter / XNeon Acquires Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial' After Amazon Drops Itthewrap.com

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Neon has officially acquired the OpenAI feature for worldwide theatrical distribution, TheWrap has learned.
The nearly finished film, starring Andrew Garfield as the AI tech mogul, was shopped to studios after Amazon declined to release it.
Amazon developed the $40 million drama by the 'Challengers' and 'Call Me by Your Name' filmmaker and decided to drop it months after the company made a $50 billion
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The talks come hot on the heels of Amazon dropping the hot-button project and Netflix, Focus and others passing

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