Artificial (upcoming film)

Artificial is an upcoming biographical comedy drama film directed and co-produced by Luca Guadagnino and written by Simon Rich. The film stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and centers on his controversial firing and rehiring in 2023. The cast also features Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Cooper Koch, Cooper Hoffman, Ike Barinholtz, and Jason Schwartzman.

• Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman
• Monica Barbaro as Mira Murati
• Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever
• Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk
• Cooper Koch
• Cooper Hoffman as Greg Brockman
• Jason Schwartzman
• Billie Lourd
• Zosia Mamet
• Chris O'Dowd
• Will Angus
• Thaddea Graham
• Nicholas Hamilton
• Angus Imrie
• Will Price
• Mark Rylance

In June 2025, it was reported that Luca Guadagnino would direct the film for Amazon MGM Studios from a screenplay written by Simon Rich with Rich as a producer alongside David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford and Jennifer Fox with a cast led by Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro and Yura Borisov. In July, Cooper Koch, Cooper Hoffman, and Jason Schwartzman joined the cast, with Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk. Billie Lourd, Zosia Mamet, Chris O'Dowd, Will Angus, Thaddea Graham, Nicholas Hamilton, Angus Imrie and Will Price were added to the cast in the following month. Mark Rylance was added to the cast a month later.

Principal photography began on July 30, 2025, in San Francisco at Dolores Park, and continued in Turin, Italy. Filming wrapped in October.

The film's score was produced by Damon Albarn.

• Artificial at IMDb