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Amazon dropped the nearly complete $40 million film, starring Andrew Garfield as Altman, earlier this month, a surprise move that came just months after Amazon announced a $50 billion investment in OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon said then that \u201cArtificial\u201d would \u201cbe better served if it were released by a different studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Neon said Tuesday that it will release \u201cArtificial\u201d this year and \u201ccompete in this year\u2019s Oscar race.\u201d The film, which chronicles the days leading up to the 2023 firing and reinstatement of Altman as OpenAI chief executive, also stars Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov and Academy Award winner Mark Rylance. Ike Barinholtz plays Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>In late February, Amazon signed an expansive multiyear partnership with the artificial intelligence startup. Then earlier this month, Amazon MGM said it would put the film up for sale to find it a new home.<\/p>\n<p>Neon has established an enviable awards-season track record with Oscar winners like \u201cParasite\u201d and \u201cAnora.\u201d The specialty label has backed the last seven Palme d\u2019Or winners at the Cannes Film Festival. The studio declined to disclose how much it paid for the worldwide rights to \u201cArtificial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe acquisition underscores Neon\u2019s commitment to partnering with visionary filmmakers, and bringing ambitious cinema to audiences around the world,\u201d the studio said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3115\">Adults arrested after 16 children found in \u2018deplorable\u2019 conditions in southern Ohio home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3117\">Takeaways from Supreme Court term: Trump\u2019s power is enhanced, but he lost some high-profile cases<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3118\">Los Angeles medical examiner says former child actor Daveigh Chase died of AIDS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK | \u201cArtificial,\u201d Luca Guadagnino\u2019s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios. Neon said Tuesday that it bought the film following a bidding process. Amazon dropped the nearly complete $40 million film, starring Andrew Garfield as Altman, earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1101,1102,149,166,167,1103,1104],"tags":[5040,5041,5042,5043,308,309],"class_list":["post-3119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-0-no-apple-publish","category-1gridmagazine","category-a-town-magazine","category-credits","category-sentinel-screen","category-uncategorized","category-z-other-galley","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-luca-guadagnino","tag-neon","tag-openai","tag-sam-altman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OpenAI film \u2018Artificial,\u2019 dropped by Amazon, finds a new home with Neon - Denver Moving Chronicle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3119\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OpenAI film \u2018Artificial,\u2019 dropped by Amazon, finds a new home with Neon - Denver Moving Chronicle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK | \u201cArtificial,\u201d Luca Guadagnino\u2019s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios. 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