The Wild OpenAI Drama Gets a Biopic as Artificial Lands a Christmas Release
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
Polygon reports that the first trailer for Artificial has arrived, dramatizing the chaotic five day ousting of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with Andrew Garfield in the lead role. The film is set for a Christmas Day theatrical release following a bumpy production history that included Amazon dropping the project.
Artificial intelligence has moved past Silicon Valley boardrooms to become a constant presence in daily life, and Hollywood is finally cashing in on the chaos. Polygon reports that the first teaser for Artificial has officially dropped, dramatizing the frantic five day period in November 2023 when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was suddenly ousted and then reinstated. Andrew Garfield steps into the lead role, bringing plenty of brooding intensity to a trailer that leans hard into apocalyptic dread with ominous voice overs and mysterious underground bunkers.
Beyond the onscreen drama, the film has a fascinating real world backstory that rivals its plot. Polygon notes that Amazon originally backed the project before walking away from the nearly completed film right around the time it struck a massive fifty billion dollar partnership with OpenAI. After dodging interest from Netflix and A24, Neon picked up the distribution rights and is planning a theatrical push with an awards campaign in mind. Moviegoers can expect a rather unconventional holiday viewing experience when the film arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, courtesy of director Luca Guadagnino.
While tech biopics usually follow the blueprints laid down by hits like The Social Network, Artificial seems intent on dialing the tension up to eleven. For a digital generation that watches tech culture unfold in real time across streams and social feeds, watching a corporate boardroom coup get the Hollywood blockbuster treatment is certainly an intriguing holiday proposition. Whether it captures the actual absurdity of modern tech culture or just delivers high stakes fiction, it is bound to spark plenty of creator commentary and community debate when it finally drops.
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Original article: Polygon