Neon has acquired global rights to Luca Guadagnino's film Artificial from Amazon MGM Studios. The movie stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
The deal was completed on June 30. Artificial chronicles the days leading up to Altman's sudden firing and reinstatement as CEO of OpenAI in 2023.
Written by Simon Rich, the film was produced by Guadagnino, Rich, David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford and Jennifer Fox. It was shot in San Francisco and Italy with an original score and songs by Damon Albarn.
Amazon MGM Studios had previously announced it would not release the movie. Neon plans to enter Artificial in this year's Oscar race.